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Originally Posted by Mr Scarrott
This amused me... from the "invitation" on the Dodgers' website
Fleetwood Mac is a British-American rock
band formed in July 1967, in London.
The band has sold more than 100 million
records worldwide, making them one of the
best-selling bands of all time. In 1998,
selected members of Fleetwood Mac were
inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
and this from wikipedia
Fleetwood Mac are a British-American rock band formed in July 1967, in London. The band have sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling bands of all time. In 1998, selected members of Fleetwood Mac were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and received the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music.
Can no-one write original copy any more? Someone's singularised them and ignored the bit about the Brits, but that's it. "I know", someone at the Dodgers must have thought "no-one will ever have heard of this combo we've booked to do the music while everyone tucks into their chicken-in-a-basket. Let's see what Wikipedia says about them. That'll look really classy on the blurb..."
Oh, the scourge of Wikipedia. |
It was changed because most American readers won't know what the Brit Awards are. As for the grammar, there are differences between American and British English with regard to matching subjects and verbs. But as someone who studied languages in school, I can appreciate your outrage!
