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Apple have created a phone

"Apple have?"

Isn't it ironic that the very people who are supposed to be the keepers of English can't even use proper grammar? Apple HAS created a phone. Apple is a company. Singular. Not plural. There is no earthly defense (er, "defence") for referring to Apple, a company, in the plural.




I think it is an usage specific to the UK.

Use of a plural verb after a singular noun denoting a group of persons (known as a noun of multitude) is commoner in the U.K. than in the U.S. Fowler wrote: "The Cabinet is divided is better, because in the order of thought a whole must precede division; and The Cabinet are agreed is better, because it takes two or more to agree."

Taken from: http://alt-usage-english.org/groupnames.html




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