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Should I use "is" or "are"?
Grammatically, is it correct to say, "Intel IS a bad company", or "Intel ARE a bad company"?
(I don't have anything against Intel this is on the behalf of a friend)
7 Answers
- CorrigerLv 78 years ago
if there were two companies or more
Intel and and x company are bad companIES ...... and ''a '' has to get deleted of course.
But for an only one company : Intel IS A bad company .
- PersonLv 48 years ago
Well the difference between is and are is how many objects are being referenced.
How many Intels are there? There is only one Intel.
- BenLv 58 years ago
It depends on whether you subscribe to American or British English.
In American English companies are referred to in the singular, so 'is', but in British English a company would take 'are' (on the basis that it is an organisation, a collective, a group of people).
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