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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

'india beat pakistan' in sentence like this...is the word 'beat' relates to past or present. how one should take it since headlines are always written in present tense.
  

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I don't think headlines are always in present tense, but I would take your sports headline as present plural, yes. Some writers consider a team singular and others consider a team plural.

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  • I don't think headlines are always in present tense, but I would take your sports headline as present plural, yes.
  • Some writers consider a team singular and others consider a team plural.
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I don't think headlines are always in present tense, but I would take your sports headline as present plural, yes. Some writers consider a team singular and others consider a team plural.
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It's a regional (including AmE–BrE) distinction. And I don't see that one is more proper than the other. For Indian usage, I think you can trust your reputable Indian newspapers.
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