June 12th, 2006
NY Times spelling
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An otherwise well-written New York Times story on the NBA Finals is hindered by a grammatically cumbersome lead.
“The Miami Heat was badly outplayed Sunday night, seeming to be out of answers and at times looking as if they were outnumbered.”
should be…
“The Miami Heat were badly outplayed Sunday night, seeming to be out of answers and at times looking as if they were outnumbered.”
The AP rule for this is under “collective nouns” of the sports section:
“Teams names such as the Jazz, Magic, the Avalanche, take plural verbs.”
on June 12th, 2006 at 12:02 pm
Heh, you don’t need AP for this. That’s standard English. Oh well, journalists are human too.
on June 30th, 2006 at 2:04 pm
Good catch.