jump shooter team.

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The Heat is not a good jump shooter team so they always attack the basket. On the other hand, Marvicks is good jump shooter team and they could score all over the places on the court.

Is this setence OK?

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Watchayakan · Accepted Answer

"The Heat is not a good jump-shooter team, so they always attack the
basket. On the other hand, the Mavricks are a good jump-shooter team, and they
could score from any place ['all over the places' was not very workable, so I just completely substituted it] on the court."

Boilerkarl · Answer

The Heat is not a good jump-shooting team, so they always attack the basket. On the other hand, the Mavericks are a good jump-shooting team; they could score from anywhere on the court.

And, unfortunately, the Pacers weren't able to hit any kind of shot.

BarbaraPA · Answer

Hi Karl,

Welcome to the forums. After watching the Heat shut down the Pistons, I thought they'd walk away with the title easily, but I guessed wrong.

Anyway, TAKA! Are you reading this? Remember our discussions about plural versus singular regarding teams? He we have a good case of it - The Heat IS and the Mavericks ARE.

The17pointscale · Answer

i missed your previous conversation about the tense of teams, but i tend to disagree with 'the heat is and the mavericks are.' as a beginning editor, one of the most important things i'm learning is that (in formal writing) it's vitally important to use parallel structure whenever possible. otherwise even something that's grammatically correct can seem particularly awkward. while some publications may use a singular-plural construction, the http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/cmosfaq/cmosfaq.Plurals.htmland american heritage dictionary appear to echo this sentiment.

here's a random grammar site i found that speaks more about this issue:

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/plurals.htm

-andrew

Boilerkarl · Answer

You know, now that I give it more thought, there are problems with "The Heat is". I think I'd like to revise my answer to "The Heat are" simply because when we conjure up a pronoun later in the sentence to refer to the Heat, we use the word "they" instead of "it". So, in other words, the sentence should read...The Heat are not a good jump-shooting team, so they always attack the basket. On the other hand, the Mavericks are a good jump-shooting team; they could score from anywhere on the court. This way both the Heat and the Heat's pronoun (they) are in agreement.

Watchayakan · Answer

BoilerKarl brings up a good point with the prnoun business.  I wasn't sure on this myself, which is why in anotehr thread of BW's I switched around the sentence so that it wouldn't be said if 'the Heat' was singular or plural with 'are' or 'is,' but I would definitely use 'they' for it over 'it.'

BarbaraPA · Answer

I still think it's okay to use the singular with the team when the team name is singular. Put it in a work setting - The project implementation group/team is meeting regularly and they are coming up with some great ideas. Now, suppose on a whimsy, the boss named the team "The Super Seven." You'd say The Super Seven are meeting regularly and they are... etc.

It depends on whether you're referring to the team as an entity, or the team as the collection of the individual, just like you would committee or family or any other group noun. The Smith family is always welcome at parties. They are four of the funniest people I've ever met.

We've gone rather far afield from the original post. Sorry about that.

Watchayakan · Answer

Actually, I would say, "The projection implementation group/team meets regularly..." I would use 'is, ' though...

Are there any sites that deal with this?

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