Verb Tense agreement

is (in agreement with the noun immediately in front of the verb)

See at the New York Times:

http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F7091FFD3B5B0C728EDDA80994DC404482

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Hi guys,

If the name of the high school football team is Cheesemakers...them which is the correct statement...

Did you know our high school football team are the Cheesemakers? OR Did you know our high school football team is the Cheesemakers?

Some words are collective nouns, in the sense that they are singular

Did you know our high school football team is the Cheesemakers?

Do you know our high school football team is the Cheesemakers?

Isn't it better to change 'Did' to 'Do'?

Yoong LiatDid you know our high school football team is the Cheesemakers?

Do you know our high school football team is the Cheesemakers?

Isn't it better to change 'Did' to 'Do'?

Not necessarily in this question, but sometimes the use of "did" is motivated by politeness, putting more distance wrt the other person, by moving ever

Marius

Thanks.

You wrote, "putting more distance wrt the other person". May I know what 'wrt' stands for?

wrt: with regard to

Someone from the UK mentioned to me that:
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For example, a shop assistant
might say "did you want a bag with that?" as a slightly less direct and
more polite form of "do you want a bag with that?"
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Some consider that a form of indirect speech, which requires backshifting, as in:
I thought

Dear Marius Hancu

What does backshifting mean?

Thanks