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Olympics - singular or plural

NBC says "olympics are," but shouldn't it be "olympics is?" The olympics is a collection of contests and that collection is singular.

It is so common for people to fail to match singular and plural verbs with the proper singular and plural subjects. "There's many ways of doing things" would be an example.
  

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" The } olympics is a collection of contests and that collection is singular. } } It is so common for people to fail to match singular and plural verbs } with the proper singular and plural subjects. "There's many ways of } doing things" would be an example.

  • " The } olympics is a collection of contests and that collection is singular.
  • } } It is so common for people to fail to match singular and plural verbs } with the proper singular and plural subjects.
  • "There's many ways of } doing things" would be an example.
  • It's worse than that.
  • It's the 2004 Games is, and the 2008 and 2012 Gameses will be.
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} NBC says "olympics are," but shouldn't it be "olympics is?" The } olympics is a collection of contests and that collection is singular. }
} It is so common for people to fail to match singular and plural verbs } with the proper singular and plural subjects. "There's many ways of } doing things" would be an example.
It's worse than that. It's the 2004 Games is, and the 2008 and 2012 Games
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T.L.Miller wrote on 29 Aug 2004:
[nq:1]NBC says "olympics are," but shouldn't it be "olympics is?" The olympics is a collection of contests and that collection is singular.[/nq]
Sorry to say that NBC are correct:
W3NID says
Main Entry:olympics
Pronunciation:-ks
Function:noun plural
Usage:usually capitalized
Etymology:2olympic + -s
OLYMPIC GAMES
[nq:1]It is s
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OK, but is CyberCypher correct?
NBC stands for National Broadcasting Company. A company is a singular noun.
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[nq:1]OK, but is CyberCypher correct? NBC stands for National Broadcasting Company. A company is a singular noun.[/nq]
Sometimes and sometimes not. We've done this so many times in this group, an explanation should go into the FAQ thingie, if it's not there already.
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[nq:1]} NBC says "olympics are," but shouldn't it be "olympics is?" The } olympics is a collection of contests and ... Area in America), but for the terrorists. Now we've got all these staduims and no Games to hoste in them.)[/nq]
How many stadia is it between Laurel and Northern Virginia (where the Army were from)?
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Arcadian Rises wrote on 29 Aug 2004:
[nq:1]OK, but is CyberCypher correct? NBC stands for National Broadcasting Company. A company is a singular noun.[/nq]
Only in AmE, but I'm using the BrE convention just a little linguistic humour there. I said yesterday that I have always been confused about the pronunciation of words like "new" and "knew" and am inconsistent. Sometimes I use the BrE p
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On 29 Aug 2004 04:22:36 GMT, CyberCypher
[nq:1]Arcadian Rises wrote on 29 Aug 2004:[/nq]
[nq:2]OK, but is CyberCypher correct? NBC stands for National Broadcasting Company. A company is a singular noun.[/nq]
[nq:1]Only in AmE, but I'm using the BrE convention just a little linguistic humour there. I said yesterday that ... Sometimes I use the BrE pronunciation and sometimes the AmE pro
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[nq:1]OK, but is CyberCypher correct? NBC stands for National Broadcasting Company. A company is a singular noun.[/nq]
Depends on which shore of the pond doesn't it?
Parliament are in session.
Congress is in session.

dg
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[nq:1]Depends on which shore of the pond doesn't it? Parliament are in session. Congress is in session.[/nq]
I think Parliament is in session, in Canada.
\\P. Schultz
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[nq:2]Depends on which shore of the pond doesn't it? Parliament are in session. Congress is in session.[/nq]
[nq:1]I think Parliament is in session, in Canada.[/nq]
Not until October 4th, but yes.
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