Collective nouns and verb subordination

In American English, singular verbs are more usual after collective nouns, but in British English, plural verbs are often seen. In British English it’s absolutely fine to treat most collective nouns as either singular or plural – you can say my husband’s family is very religious or my husband’s family are very religious. American English takes a slightly different approach to the agreement of verbs with collective nouns. There is a very strong preference for the use of singular verbs with such nouns, so in American English you are much more likely to see, for example: his company’s legal team is investigating the matter, rather than: his company’s legal team are investigating the matter. However, using a plural is acceptable in American English if the writer or speaker wants to emphasize the individuals in a group rather than regarding the group as a single entity: the NY audience were their usual reserved selves.

Okay Cen but hwbwt the 'IS'

No kidding. I really do intend to 'gin spell stuff out where the OP is clearly esl; and herewith my apologies to Sweet

But howdja like the 'hwbwt'

Seriously Trox

I already explained. Quit trolling.

Fogive an old fella Cen but where specifically

Seriously, I'm percfecty serious, Trox. Really

Seriously

So, are both variants good?

As I said above, in British English, both are good, in America they mostly use 'is'.

Sweet, Cen thinks I'm kidding and so I ask you: What is 'IS' a variant of, and how

Thanks a million

Dale, please stop trolling this thread.

Honest to God Cen, if I'm trolling I don't mean to. My q's are perfectly serious

The two variant ways of using a verb after collective nouns, in this case 'team', or the name of a team...

Barcelona IS attacking much more in this half ...

Barcelona ARE attacking much more in this half ...

The first is standard in American English, both are acceptable in British English.

This has all been clearly explained above.

Old age is a wreckage...

And how

Everything you post is an example..

Okay Cen but thanks for explaining even more clearly. My instant reaction was that 'Barcelona are...' is clearly ridiculous

Well Mur not everything

https://able2know.org/topic/368390-1

Doncha think that'n's almost halfway intelligent...

That's because you are American, and didn't know about the British English usage. It is very common is British English countries to see the plural used for teams, companies, organisations, etc.

Airbus are proud to have created an aircraft that is celebrated for its outstanding quality.

BUT...

Boeing has fired nearly 4000 employees in Washington.

I have to reiterate what I said already..

Everything you post is proof of my assertions.

I cannot understand how you could go through a life in journalism with such limited vocabulary, while pretending to know stuff.

That's not very nice, timur.

And?