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breaking news
Managed hosting? 😅
That may get you banned
I recommend a VPS.
If you increase budget, you can go for LA with @seriesn or Utah @Delong or SG @MikeA.
Damn, I think now it's a meme. Sorry! 😅
Any idea if they're planning to do a liquidation sale on VPS? Hoping to get a few good deals before they close.
Ah yes the classic trick of throwing cash into the fire to see if it’ll burn.
You mean hardware liquidation? I am not sure if Doc actually owned any hardware.
Congrats
I'm choosing to believe this to be a hilarious joke.
Congrats on your first post.
merge of the two threads?
Frankly, this thread is useless. I would just close it.
The question that baffles me is ...
What is grammatically correct? Two threads have two different forms...
"Service Provider X" Is Closing
Or
"Service Provider X" Are Closing
@poisson @uptime and the grammatically learned.. thoughts?
I think that the first is preferred in American English and the second is preferred in British English.
Literally, because we are talking about provider in the singular, the logical choice should be is. However, if there is a clear case of meaning where the singular form really is referring to multiple discrete units, then the plural may be appropriate.
For example should it be "the police is", or should it be "the police are"?
In the example below, the singular form of the verb is appropriate because we are referring to the police as one organization:
The police is important for maintaining law and order.
In the next example, the plural form is more appropriate because we are referring to many discrete individuals of the organization:
The police are hunting for the mass shooter.
So, ultimately, it can be a tricky call. I would go with the singular in your example because I don't think it is likely for "service provider X" to be understood as many discrete individuals.
@angstrom ("the astute") am are have done did put it in the nutshells
Da fuq? Citation needed please bro ...
(This one just sounds oh so very very strange to my American English tuned ears)
I do occasionally use the British-style plural conjugationalifications - and I am not sure exactly why I do it. Possibly "code switching" or for some ironic effect? Sometimes it just feels right, I dunno ....
I've been playing around with statistically derived natural language models lately - it's always fun to be reminded that "the truth of this statement cannot be proved" ....
I am more familiar with the is than are. Particularly in print media here you are more likely to find a sentence along these lines than are.
The Government is, or the Government are?
Here's one: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/police
There are differences in opinion depending on the authority but I wouldn't judge it as being strictly right or wrong, as long as I can see a clear logic in terms of how they relate.
This word is proving to be extremely grating to my Queen's English upbringing.
Lol funny you should mention that - I had originally written "proven" but switched it because it sounded just a bit off to me.
Now the grammar police will be wanting to have a word with me I reckon ...
Pull over. Do you have proof? Was it proven? This has proved to be interesting. Is red a colour? It's proven that blue is a color.
Oi u got a license for that poet-ry mate?
Only creative license guv
seems it's expired, boss
I don't know a lot about of English, but we are talking about a singular provider, so the verb should be IS. The other case would be "service providers ARE closing".
It is really weird to know that "service provider X are closing" is even an option.
Indeed, in Spanish, as far as I'm aware, the plural form of the verb wouldn't be possible in this case.
As far as British English usage is concerned, the idea is that if the subject, even if grammatically singular, refers to a group of individuals (i.e., a collective entity), then it is semantically plural (i.e., the interpretation of the subject is plural), in which case the plural form of the verb "agrees with" this semantically plural group or entity. For example:
In American English, this would be:
English is really hard.