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  1. Congrats!

    I support U2 ARE too, I said it before but I can repeat it. Nevertheless I mix both ways of saying, even unconsciously
  2. New poll?....haha
  3. British usage sees 'collective nouns' as plural (U2 are ..., Manchester United are ...). Standard American English, at least at the professional and academic level, regards collective nouns as singular (U2 is ...), so if you want to say 'U2 are' you should really say (or write) 'The members of U2 are..." but U2 is a singular grammatical entity, even though they are members of a band.

    That paragraph cost me thousands in student loans, for an underpaid PhD in English!
  4. Originally posted by afdtk:British usage sees 'collective nouns' as plural (U2 are ..., Manchester United are ...). Standard American English, at least at the professional and academic level, regards collective nouns as singular (U2 is ...), so if you want to say 'U2 are' you should really say (or write) 'The members of U2 are..." but U2 is a singular grammatical entity, even though they are members of a band.

    That paragraph cost me thousands in student loans, for an underpaid PhD in English!


    Here here
  5. for me, it's "U2 is". because U2 refers to one band, therefore, a singular noun.

    U2 ROCKS!
  6. "We're one, but not the same" so U2 IS
  8. Originally posted by u2spear:I'm confused, I always thought that U2 are a band, but some people say U2 is a band.

    U2 are Adam, Bono, Edge and Larry

    Adam, Bono, Edge and Larry are U2

    but...

    U2 is Adam, Bono, Edge and Larry

    Adam, Bono, Edge and Larry is U2 (doesn't make sense)



    I know its a stupid topic, but which one do you say??? I am Intreeged

    U2 RULE


    U2 ARE. There is no leaders in the band thats why they are still top of there game. uU2 rock
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