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Posted on 8/8/12 at 10:07 am to genro
quote:
Navy Midshipmen
Just because something doesn't end in s doesn't make it singular.
Posted on 8/8/12 at 10:07 am to Bestbank Tiger
Georgia Force
Pittsburgh Power
Utah Blaze
Kansas City Command
Chicago Rush
Spokane Shock
Tampa Bay Storm
New Orleans Voodoo
Philadelphia Soul
over half the Arena League
Pittsburgh Power
Utah Blaze
Kansas City Command
Chicago Rush
Spokane Shock
Tampa Bay Storm
New Orleans Voodoo
Philadelphia Soul
over half the Arena League
Posted on 8/8/12 at 10:08 am to Pectus
jazz
heat
minutemen
fighting irish
avalanche
statesmen/okra (delta state)
midshipmen
shite, i wasn't thinking about plural, i was on the mascot affiliation that doesn't end with an 's'
heat
minutemen
fighting irish
avalanche
statesmen/okra (delta state)
midshipmen
shite, i wasn't thinking about plural, i was on the mascot affiliation that doesn't end with an 's'
This post was edited on 8/8/12 at 10:11 am
Posted on 8/8/12 at 10:08 am to genro
quote:
ND Fighting Irish
Would Irish not be referring to a collective group?
quote:
Navy Midshipmen
plural
Posted on 8/8/12 at 10:23 am to Pectus
Jazz
Magic
Heat
Thunder
Crimson Tide
Green Wave
Golden Hurricane
Orange
Cardinal
Red Storm
Magic
Heat
Thunder
Crimson Tide
Green Wave
Golden Hurricane
Orange
Cardinal
Red Storm
Posted on 8/8/12 at 11:06 am to Rohan2Reed
crimson tide
wolfpack nevada
wolfpack ncstate
fighting irish
cardinal
green wave
Mean green
wolfpack nevada
wolfpack ncstate
fighting irish
cardinal
green wave
Mean green
Posted on 8/8/12 at 11:41 am to Moustache
Isn't Wolfpack plural?
Posted on 8/8/12 at 11:53 am to BCLA
You can have multiple wolfpacks. Wolfpack is a singular group.
Posted on 8/8/12 at 12:52 pm to Pectus
College:
Tulane Green Wave
Stanford Cardinal
Alabama Crimson Tide
St. John's Red Storm
Tulsa Golden Hurricane
Illinois Illini (although this may technically be plural)
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
North Carolina State Wolfpack (collective, but not plural, there could be more than one pack of wolves)
Harvard Crimson(?)
Marshall Thundering Herd (same as with Wolfpack)
Pro:
Utah Jazz
Tampa Bay Lightning
New York Liberty
D.C. United
New England Revolution
Philadelphia (MLS team, can't remember the name, but it's one of these)
Miami Heat
L.A. Galaxy
Houston(?) Dynamo
That's all I thought of off the top of my head.
Tulane Green Wave
Stanford Cardinal
Alabama Crimson Tide
St. John's Red Storm
Tulsa Golden Hurricane
Illinois Illini (although this may technically be plural)
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
North Carolina State Wolfpack (collective, but not plural, there could be more than one pack of wolves)
Harvard Crimson(?)
Marshall Thundering Herd (same as with Wolfpack)
Pro:
Utah Jazz
Tampa Bay Lightning
New York Liberty
D.C. United
New England Revolution
Philadelphia (MLS team, can't remember the name, but it's one of these)
Miami Heat
L.A. Galaxy
Houston(?) Dynamo
That's all I thought of off the top of my head.
Posted on 8/8/12 at 1:05 pm to Pectus
Heat
Jazz
Thunder
Crimson Tide
Cardinal
Orange
Magic
Don't feel like thinking anymore
Jazz
Thunder
Crimson Tide
Cardinal
Orange
Magic
Don't feel like thinking anymore
Posted on 8/8/12 at 1:06 pm to Nuts4LSU
Wolfpack and Thindering Herd are plural aren't they?
Posted on 8/8/12 at 1:06 pm to BraveTiger225
quote:Is that what you call words like lightning and heat that don't have plural forms? I don't think these should really count.
Collective nouns. I thought they were considered singular?
Posted on 8/8/12 at 1:10 pm to Tiger1242
quote:not even the littlest bit
Wolfpack and Thindering Herd are plural aren't they?
Posted on 8/8/12 at 1:31 pm to Tiger1242
quote:
Wolfpack and Thindering Herd are plural aren't they?
I think it kind of depends on where you are. In England, collective nouns are treated as plural ("England have won the match"), but in the U.S. they are generally treated as singular ("The Thundering Herd has won the game"). From the standpoint of what makes sense, it makes sense that a collective noun depicting something of which there could be more than one (e.g. wolfpack, herd, etc.) should have a singular form to indicate one wolfpack or herd and a plural form to indicate multiple wolfpacks or herds.
This post was edited on 8/8/12 at 1:32 pm
Posted on 8/8/12 at 1:32 pm to Nuts4LSU
quote:
Philadelphia (MLS team, can't remember the name, but it's one of these)
That would be "Union".
The soccer teams get tricky with DC United and Sporting KC. Also, if we're talking about collective nicknames then Columbus Crew should be thrown in.
Montreal Impact is also another non-plural MLS nickname.
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