[Magdalen] Creeping UK-ism?

[Christopher Hart]

Since most (though by no means all) professional sports teams have team
names that sound plural it also makes sense to to use the plural form in
that context. It would sound very odd to say (for example) that the
Philadelphia Phillies has a day off, so we say they have the day off. Why
then would we use a different form when substituting the word team.

On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 7:37 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> I've notice that the regional sports (yes; that is plural in North
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> announcers, reporters, and even players are making "team"  plural.
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> Thus, we get, "The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton team have a day
> off" instead of ....."has a day off".
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> Is this happening elsewhere in North America?
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> David S.
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