Italy were the favourites to win the World Cup
In the LDOCE6, it says:
favourite n.
the team, player etc that is expected to win a race or competition:
Italy were the favourites to win the World Cup.
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Italy is just one team, so why does it use the plural noun favourites?
Why not Italy were the favourite to win the World Cup?
Would you please help me?
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Top answer
Italy were the favourites to win the World Cup. The writer is thinking of the players on the team. -------- It aly was the favourite to win the World Cup ?
- Italy were the favourites to win the World Cup.
- The writer is thinking of the players on the team.
- -------- It aly was the favourite to win the World Cup ?
- The writer is thinking of the team as a single entity.
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Italy were the favourites to win the World Cup. The writer is thinking of the players on the team.
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Italy was the favourite to win the World Cup? The writer is thinking of the team as a single entity.
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