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Jazz find or Jazz finds?

But what about Wolfpack or Wolf Pack? It is a pack of wolves and 'pack' is singular.
You don't make 'team' singlular, do you?
I agree that Jazz is no singlular, just like Lightning, Crush or Golden Hurricane, etc. But a blanket rule isn't right.
 
Football_Bat said:
England are furious with this question!

Yeah, that's always been weird to me, but obviously, they're consistent with it, just as we are with Heat are, Jazz are...whatever your style is.
 
Football_Bat said:
England are furious with this question!

England is a location; the English are the people. There is such a thing as singular plural, which took AP and many news organizations around the country a decade to come around to accepting. Wouldn't use "it" in reference to the Fighting Irish, would you? At the very least, for the sake of parallel construction, it seems that you'd want both teams' nicknames to be handled as plural.
 
I've always been beaten down with "team is an it", but nicknames that are plural are treated as being plural. So, Miami finds new QB, Dolphins find new QB. But I hate having to treat Heat, Magic, Jazz, etc., as singular. It sounds like we're trying to be smarter than everyone else, which we're not most of the time. I'd prefer to make them all plural.
 
buckweaver said:
sportsed said:
Football_Bat said:
England are furious with this question!

England is a location; the English are the people. There is such a thing as singular plural, which took AP and many news organizations around the country a decade to come around to accepting. Wouldn't use "it" in reference to the Fighting Irish, would you? At the very least, for the sake of parallel construction, it seems that you'd want both teams' nicknames to be handled as plural.

Check your sarcasm font; I think it's broken. ;D

Didn't mean to bash or lecture, and I apologize if it came off that way. Just saw this as an opportunity to share a thought, and the very premise of why my place chooses to treat all team nicknames as plural.
 
The simple answer is:

Ask what your paper's style is when you begin there.

Consistently apply said style without deviation.

And don't spend another nanosecond worrying about whether it sounds "right" to you or not.
 

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