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Mignon Fogarty
@grammargirl@zirk.us  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

Have you ever seen people use "Academy Awards" as though it were singular?

Jim Norrena did and wondered whether it's always wrong. Hear what he found in today's Grammar Girl podcast!

WATCH: https://youtu.be/ZM9oS-hAtjg

READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1166/transcript

LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229

#GrammarGirl #podcast

https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1166/transcript
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Promotional graphic with a black-and-gold awards-show background filled with sparkles and spotlights. Large text reads "Is Academy Awards Singular?" An orange banner across the lower left says "SINGULAR?" A shiny gold award statue stands near the center, and a smiling dark-haired woman fills the right side. A red circle in the upper left says "QDT," the upper right says "GRAMMAR GIRL," and the bottom shows the "macmillan podcasts" logo.
Promotional graphic with a black-and-gold awards-show background filled with sparkles and spotlights. Large text reads "Is Academy Awards Singular?" An orange banner across the lower left says "SINGULAR?" A shiny gold award statue stands near the center, and a smiling dark-haired woman fills the right side. A red circle in the upper left says "QDT," the upper right says "GRAMMAR GIRL," and the bottom shows the "macmillan podcasts" logo.
Promotional graphic with a black-and-gold awards-show background filled with sparkles and spotlights. Large text reads "Is Academy Awards Singular?" An orange banner across the lower left says "SINGULAR?" A shiny gold award statue stands near the center, and a smiling dark-haired woman fills the right side. A red circle in the upper left says "QDT," the upper right says "GRAMMAR GIRL," and the bottom shows the "macmillan podcasts" logo.
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@LikesCookies@twit.social replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

@grammargirl if you're speaking about the show, then yes.

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Alex Hall
@alexhall@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@grammargirl It always annoys me when people use the plural form for what I feel is a singular concept. I finally know the term, thanks to you: notional agreement. I guess this is similar to "a group of people", where a noun might agree with one group (singular) or with all members of the group (plural).

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