User talk:Wikigrammerpolice

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Off to a rocky start
This was a bold first step (more for its outspoken edit summary than for the nature of the change itself). Unfortunately, you may have gotten yourself riled up over a non-issue. If you read Comparison of American and British English, you'll note that British English often interprets collective nouns as plural rather than singular. So, in British English, one might say "the team are taking the field", whereas in American English, we would invariably say "the team is taking the field." So, in the case you pointed out, "Traffic were a British band" is perfectly acceptable usage, especially since the article is talking about a British entity. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 18:16, 19 November 2014 (UTC)