A friend of mine corrected me to use the word 'are'. I assumed when you reference a band you reference the band as a whole, not its individual members, am I wrong?
2007-02-06 10:30:23 · 4 answers · asked by Nik C 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
I think you were right; it should be "is." For example, if you said the whole sentence, "The band Taking Back Sunday are good" it would be terribly incorrect (it even sounds wrong!). It is a band, which is singular, not plural. [Different from "The members of Taking Back Sunday ARE good."]
2007-02-06 10:43:08 · answer #1 · answered by remyd212 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
seeing as the its a band you use it as a whole which is plural but in present tense so its Taking Back Sunday IS a good band but if you just use Taking Back Sunday is good then it is still improper becuase you never put good at the end of a sentence so try something Takig Back Sunday plays well
2007-02-06 10:41:36 · answer #2 · answered by psycho8275 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is "taking back sunday IS good". replace taking back sunday with "band", and it would read the band IS good, since band is singular
2007-02-06 10:47:50 · answer #3 · answered by psridhar2006 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a gray area.
If you are referencing the band as a whole, go ahead with "is". And I agree with you that it seems more natural to reference the bad as a whole rather than its members.
2007-02-06 19:14:46 · answer #4 · answered by drshorty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋