Date:  Sat, 4 Mar 1995 09:27:06 +0000

From:  Maik Gibson <llrgbson[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]READING.AC.UK>

Subject: Re: the Ozarks and other plurals



In British usage this is an option: we don't always use plural forms.

There's another difference



The government, -who- -have- decided: talking about the people

The government, -which- -has- decided: as an entity



Other combinations woyld be ungrammatical



Maik Gibson



On Fri, 3 Mar 1995, Bethany Dumas, UTK wrote:



> My impression about English usage (based upon living in London for

> a year in 1970-71) is that corporate entities always take the

> plural verb form. So I heard "Harrods ARE having a sale" and

> "Selfridges ARE open from ..." (all apostrophes delibertely

> omitted). Etc.

>

> Bethany Dumas = dumasb[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]utkvx.utk.edu

>