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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Use of are and is

I have heard people using "are" while talking about a band (Judas Priest are an English metal band) and I have also heard people using "is" talking about the same thing (Metallica is a metal band). Which is the correct one? Please help
  

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Both are correct. Everything depends on whether you see the band as a "single unit" without focusing on each member or as a group of people considered separately and making up a whole.

— Ozzourti

  • Both are correct.
  • Everything depends on whether you see the band as a "single unit" without focusing on each member or as a group of people considered separately and making up a whole.
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Both are correct. Everything depends on whether you see the band as a "single unit" without focusing on each member or as a group of people considered separately and making up a whole.
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AnonymousWhich is the correct one?
Both are correct. It's been my experience that in British English you will more frequently hear "are"; Americans more often choose "is".

CJ
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Anon, you have asked a similar question earlier. Why asked again?

I have heard people using both is and are when they describe about a band.(Judas Priset are an English band/Rush is a Canadian band) which way is correct? please help.

When you view the band as an entity, use 'is'. When we view it as members of the band, use 'are'.
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It seams strange to me as the subject of the sentence is BAND which is singular, so 'is' should be used. If you think about the membersof that very band you should specify that in the sentence.
I have heard of use 'are' with the word government and I can not agree with this either.
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