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'invite' you or 'invites' you?
Which is correct for an invitational flyer to employees:
The City Council invite you to the 2006 Annual......... or The City Council invites you to the 2006 Annual........ |
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'invite' you or 'invites' you?
1. Wrong newsgroup.
2. invites -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "chiquitaandsugar" wrote in message ... Which is correct for an invitational flyer to employees: The City Council invite you to the 2006 Annual......... or The City Council invites you to the 2006 Annual........ |
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'invite' you or 'invites' you?
Unless you're in the UK, in which case it would be "invite." I might incline
to "invite," anyway. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... 1. Wrong newsgroup. 2. invites -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "chiquitaandsugar" wrote in message ... Which is correct for an invitational flyer to employees: The City Council invite you to the 2006 Annual......... or The City Council invites you to the 2006 Annual........ |
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'invite' you or 'invites' you?
I would consider the "City Council" a collective noun, like the word "team".
The council "invites"; however the members "invite"... (Believe me - getting into this discussion with *you* scares the bejeebers out of me. All I ask is that when you lay into me, you make it a clean, quick, fatal blow.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Unless you're in the UK, in which case it would be "invite." I might incline to "invite," anyway. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... 1. Wrong newsgroup. 2. invites -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "chiquitaandsugar" wrote in message ... Which is correct for an invitational flyer to employees: The City Council invite you to the 2006 Annual......... or The City Council invites you to the 2006 Annual........ |
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'invite' you or 'invites' you?
Hi JoAnn
I'm not in the UK or the US, but I would agree with you: it's a collective noun. The Council invites, the Councillors invite, the members of the Council invite. Shauna Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... I would consider the "City Council" a collective noun, like the word "team". The council "invites"; however the members "invite"... (Believe me - getting into this discussion with *you* scares the bejeebers out of me. All I ask is that when you lay into me, you make it a clean, quick, fatal blow.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Unless you're in the UK, in which case it would be "invite." I might incline to "invite," anyway. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... 1. Wrong newsgroup. 2. invites -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "chiquitaandsugar" wrote in message ... Which is correct for an invitational flyer to employees: The City Council invite you to the 2006 Annual......... or The City Council invites you to the 2006 Annual........ |
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'invite' you or 'invites' you?
Well, at least when Suzanne responds, I won't be alone.
Funny thing is that I also use the British style of punctuation with quotation marks. It must have been what I was taught in elementary school but it raises comments now. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Shauna Kelly" wrote in message ... Hi JoAnn I'm not in the UK or the US, but I would agree with you: it's a collective noun. The Council invites, the Councillors invite, the members of the Council invite. Shauna Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... I would consider the "City Council" a collective noun, like the word "team". The council "invites"; however the members "invite"... (Believe me - getting into this discussion with *you* scares the bejeebers out of me. All I ask is that when you lay into me, you make it a clean, quick, fatal blow.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Unless you're in the UK, in which case it would be "invite." I might incline to "invite," anyway. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... 1. Wrong newsgroup. 2. invites -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "chiquitaandsugar" wrote in message ... Which is correct for an invitational flyer to employees: The City Council invite you to the 2006 Annual......... or The City Council invites you to the 2006 Annual........ |
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'invite' you or 'invites' you?
'invite' would be wrong in the UK too.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Unless you're in the UK, in which case it would be "invite." I might incline to "invite," anyway. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... 1. Wrong newsgroup. 2. invites -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "chiquitaandsugar" wrote in message ... Which is correct for an invitational flyer to employees: The City Council invite you to the 2006 Annual......... or The City Council invites you to the 2006 Annual........ |
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'invite' you or 'invites' you?
Just cast your post either a) in Latin, or b) in iambic pentameter, and
Suzanne curls up and purrs. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... I would consider the "City Council" a collective noun, like the word "team". The council "invites"; however the members "invite"... (Believe me - getting into this discussion with *you* scares the bejeebers out of me. All I ask is that when you lay into me, you make it a clean, quick, fatal blow.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Unless you're in the UK, in which case it would be "invite." I might incline to "invite," anyway. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... 1. Wrong newsgroup. 2. invites -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "chiquitaandsugar" wrote in message ... Which is correct for an invitational flyer to employees: The City Council invite you to the 2006 Annual......... or The City Council invites you to the 2006 Annual........ |
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'invite' you or 'invites' you?
The only Latin I can think of is Ricky Ricardo.
-- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Jezebel" wrote in message ... Just cast your post either a) in Latin, or b) in iambic pentameter, and Suzanne curls up and purrs. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... I would consider the "City Council" a collective noun, like the word "team". The council "invites"; however the members "invite"... (Believe me - getting into this discussion with *you* scares the bejeebers out of me. All I ask is that when you lay into me, you make it a clean, quick, fatal blow.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Unless you're in the UK, in which case it would be "invite." I might incline to "invite," anyway. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... 1. Wrong newsgroup. 2. invites -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "chiquitaandsugar" wrote in message ... Which is correct for an invitational flyer to employees: The City Council invite you to the 2006 Annual......... or The City Council invites you to the 2006 Annual........ |
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'invite' you or 'invites' you?
The thing about collective nouns (team, family, couple, etc.) is that they
can be either singular or plural depending on whether the group is viewed acting together or separately,* and in this case I suppose they are acting together, so "invites" would be correct. I guess I was just feeling that thinking of them as individual council members issuing the invitation was somehow friendlier. *The team travels on a team bus. The team all arrive at the stadium in their separate cars. The family is a long-established one. The family is known for its hospitality. The family welcome you warmly. The couple are always fighting. The couple is spending a few days at Disney World. The council are in disagreement over this issue. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Shauna Kelly" wrote in message ... Hi JoAnn I'm not in the UK or the US, but I would agree with you: it's a collective noun. The Council invites, the Councillors invite, the members of the Council invite. Shauna Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... I would consider the "City Council" a collective noun, like the word "team". The council "invites"; however the members "invite"... (Believe me - getting into this discussion with *you* scares the bejeebers out of me. All I ask is that when you lay into me, you make it a clean, quick, fatal blow.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Unless you're in the UK, in which case it would be "invite." I might incline to "invite," anyway. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... 1. Wrong newsgroup. 2. invites -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "chiquitaandsugar" wrote in message ... Which is correct for an invitational flyer to employees: The City Council invite you to the 2006 Annual......... or The City Council invites you to the 2006 Annual........ |
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'invite' you or 'invites' you?
No it wouldn't! - Though common usage makes for sloppy grammar. My
particular pet hate is the use of 'less' when 'fewer' would have been correct. The standard of English has deteriorated in the UK. No-one seems to care any more  -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: Unless you're in the UK, in which case it would be "invite." I might incline to "invite," anyway. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... 1. Wrong newsgroup. 2. invites -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "chiquitaandsugar" wrote in message ... Which is correct for an invitational flyer to employees: The City Council invite you to the 2006 Annual......... or The City Council invites you to the 2006 Annual........ |
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'invite' you or 'invites' you?
trying calling Dominos and asking for a crustum etruscum
"JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... The only Latin I can think of is Ricky Ricardo. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Jezebel" wrote in message ... Just cast your post either a) in Latin, or b) in iambic pentameter, and Suzanne curls up and purrs. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... I would consider the "City Council" a collective noun, like the word "team". The council "invites"; however the members "invite"... (Believe me - getting into this discussion with *you* scares the bejeebers out of me. All I ask is that when you lay into me, you make it a clean, quick, fatal blow.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Unless you're in the UK, in which case it would be "invite." I might incline to "invite," anyway. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... 1. Wrong newsgroup. 2. invites -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "chiquitaandsugar" wrote in message ... Which is correct for an invitational flyer to employees: The City Council invite you to the 2006 Annual......... or The City Council invites you to the 2006 Annual........ |
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'invite' you or 'invites' you?
I would agree that, in the UK, it should be invites. Invite may well be
used but that doesn't make it correct. A council is an entity, and singular. Technically a council could exist, albeit inertly, without members. The standard of English has deteriorated in the UK. No-one seems to care any more I care, but what annoys me more is pedantry which leads to 'corrections' which are no better than the original. -- Enjoy, Tony "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... No it wouldn't! - Though common usage makes for sloppy grammar. My particular pet hate is the use of 'less' when 'fewer' would have been correct. The standard of English has deteriorated in the UK. No-one seems to care any more -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: Unless you're in the UK, in which case it would be "invite." I might incline to "invite," anyway. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... 1. Wrong newsgroup. 2. invites -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "chiquitaandsugar" wrote in message ... Which is correct for an invitational flyer to employees: The City Council invite you to the 2006 Annual......... or The City Council invites you to the 2006 Annual........ |
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'invite' you or 'invites' you?
Yet a company or corporation is plural? And also the government, I think?
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Tony Jollans" my forename at my surname dot com wrote in message ... I would agree that, in the UK, it should be invites. Invite may well be used but that doesn't make it correct. A council is an entity, and singular. Technically a council could exist, albeit inertly, without members. The standard of English has deteriorated in the UK. No-one seems to care any more I care, but what annoys me more is pedantry which leads to 'corrections' which are no better than the original. -- Enjoy, Tony "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... No it wouldn't! - Though common usage makes for sloppy grammar. My particular pet hate is the use of 'less' when 'fewer' would have been correct. The standard of English has deteriorated in the UK. No-one seems to care any more -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: Unless you're in the UK, in which case it would be "invite." I might incline to "invite," anyway. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... 1. Wrong newsgroup. 2. invites -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "chiquitaandsugar" wrote in message ... Which is correct for an invitational flyer to employees: The City Council invite you to the 2006 Annual......... or The City Council invites you to the 2006 Annual........ |
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'invite' you or 'invites' you?
The act of incorporation is one of uniting, or making one, isn't it?
I would, of course,bow to your greater knowledge but the fact that there is disagreement here, amongst educated people, certainly shows that it is not clear cut, as is perhaps inevitable in a living language. -- Enjoy, Tony "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Yet a company or corporation is plural? And also the government, I think? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Tony Jollans" my forename at my surname dot com wrote in message ... I would agree that, in the UK, it should be invites. Invite may well be used but that doesn't make it correct. A council is an entity, and singular. Technically a council could exist, albeit inertly, without members. The standard of English has deteriorated in the UK. No-one seems to care any more I care, but what annoys me more is pedantry which leads to 'corrections' which are no better than the original. -- Enjoy, Tony "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... No it wouldn't! - Though common usage makes for sloppy grammar. My particular pet hate is the use of 'less' when 'fewer' would have been correct. The standard of English has deteriorated in the UK. No-one seems to care any more -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: Unless you're in the UK, in which case it would be "invite." I might incline to "invite," anyway. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... 1. Wrong newsgroup. 2. invites -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "chiquitaandsugar" wrote in message ... Which is correct for an invitational flyer to employees: The City Council invite you to the 2006 Annual......... or The City Council invites you to the 2006 Annual........ |
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My understanding is that UK English uses a plural verb with, say, "Microsoft
Corporation," e.g., "Microsoft Corporation have announced that..." Perhaps I'm misinformed. US English uses a singular verb for singular nouns of this type, but there are times when the plural would certainly be useful, since there are clearly people involved, and the pronoun used to follow up is almost invariably "they" since "it" just seems too weird. I really don't like to see sentences such as "Microsoft Corporation has announced that they will extend support for Windows 98..." (in this context, I think "it" would pass, but often it doesn't work). On a related note, I once called the announcer at our local listener-supported (and at that time primarily classical) radio station to challenge his use of a singular verb in reference to I Solisti di Zagreb, which I maintained should be plural. He thought I was "getting into that whole British plural thing," but I pointed out that "I Solisti" means "the soloists," which surely should be treated as plural in the same way that you would use a plural verb for, say, the Atlanta Braves. He was regarding it as an ensemble, I as the individual players, as the name implies, but again I can see that there is room for interpretation there. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Tony Jollans" my forename at my surname dot com wrote in message ... The act of incorporation is one of uniting, or making one, isn't it? I would, of course,bow to your greater knowledge but the fact that there is disagreement here, amongst educated people, certainly shows that it is not clear cut, as is perhaps inevitable in a living language. -- Enjoy, Tony "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Yet a company or corporation is plural? And also the government, I think? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Tony Jollans" my forename at my surname dot com wrote in message ... I would agree that, in the UK, it should be invites. Invite may well be used but that doesn't make it correct. A council is an entity, and singular. Technically a council could exist, albeit inertly, without members. The standard of English has deteriorated in the UK. No-one seems to care any more I care, but what annoys me more is pedantry which leads to 'corrections' which are no better than the original. -- Enjoy, Tony "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... No it wouldn't! - Though common usage makes for sloppy grammar. My particular pet hate is the use of 'less' when 'fewer' would have been correct. The standard of English has deteriorated in the UK. No-one seems to care any more -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: Unless you're in the UK, in which case it would be "invite." I might incline to "invite," anyway. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... 1. Wrong newsgroup. 2. invites -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "chiquitaandsugar" wrote in message ... Which is correct for an invitational flyer to employees: The City Council invite you to the 2006 Annual......... or The City Council invites you to the 2006 Annual........ |
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'invite' you or 'invites' you?
I suspect that both singular and plural forms are used, perhaps depending on
particular noun, particular verb or context - I'll have to start taking more notice. One thing we can agree on - which isn't necessarily common usage - is that verb and pronoun should agree. I wonder whether an article, if used, makes a difference - a government rules over its people but the government rule over their people? -- Enjoy, Tony "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... My understanding is that UK English uses a plural verb with, say, "Microsoft Corporation," e.g., "Microsoft Corporation have announced that..." Perhaps I'm misinformed. US English uses a singular verb for singular nouns of this type, but there are times when the plural would certainly be useful, since there are clearly people involved, and the pronoun used to follow up is almost invariably "they" since "it" just seems too weird. I really don't like to see sentences such as "Microsoft Corporation has announced that they will extend support for Windows 98..." (in this context, I think "it" would pass, but often it doesn't work). On a related note, I once called the announcer at our local listener-supported (and at that time primarily classical) radio station to challenge his use of a singular verb in reference to I Solisti di Zagreb, which I maintained should be plural. He thought I was "getting into that whole British plural thing," but I pointed out that "I Solisti" means "the soloists," which surely should be treated as plural in the same way that you would use a plural verb for, say, the Atlanta Braves. He was regarding it as an ensemble, I as the individual players, as the name implies, but again I can see that there is room for interpretation there. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Tony Jollans" my forename at my surname dot com wrote in message ... The act of incorporation is one of uniting, or making one, isn't it? I would, of course,bow to your greater knowledge but the fact that there is disagreement here, amongst educated people, certainly shows that it is not clear cut, as is perhaps inevitable in a living language. -- Enjoy, Tony "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Yet a company or corporation is plural? And also the government, I think? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Tony Jollans" my forename at my surname dot com wrote in message ... I would agree that, in the UK, it should be invites. Invite may well be used but that doesn't make it correct. A council is an entity, and singular. Technically a council could exist, albeit inertly, without members. The standard of English has deteriorated in the UK. No-one seems to care any more I care, but what annoys me more is pedantry which leads to 'corrections' which are no better than the original. -- Enjoy, Tony "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... No it wouldn't! - Though common usage makes for sloppy grammar. My particular pet hate is the use of 'less' when 'fewer' would have been correct. The standard of English has deteriorated in the UK. No-one seems to care any more -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: Unless you're in the UK, in which case it would be "invite." I might incline to "invite," anyway. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... 1. Wrong newsgroup. 2. invites -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "chiquitaandsugar" wrote in message ... Which is correct for an invitational flyer to employees: The City Council invite you to the 2006 Annual......... or The City Council invites you to the 2006 Annual........ |
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