Is "The crowd are loving this." acceptable grammar? I think it should be "The crowd is loving this."
Does it matter if it's a UK newspaper?
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4Grammar are strange in the UK. – Hot Licks Apr 15 '19 at 02:27
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1It's not acceptable grammar to put a period in the quote. ;-) – Chappo Hasn't Forgotten Apr 15 '19 at 02:40
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1I've never been to the UK, but from listening to BBC, et al, I get the impression that certain mass nouns such as "team" tend to be treated as if they meant "team members", eg, in contexts such as the quoted one. I'm guessing that "crowd", "team", "squad", "crew", etc, are treated this way. – Hot Licks Apr 15 '19 at 02:53
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@AndyT Oh. Ok. I think it should be "The crowd is loving this." – Randy Zeitman Apr 15 '19 at 17:53