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paok1970
 
Reply Thu 5 Oct, 2017 12:07 pm
Which of the following sentences is correct?

1) Manchester United are currently at the top of the league.

2) Manchester United are currently top of the league.

3) Manchester United are currently on the top of the league.

If all three are possible, do they mean the same thing?

If so, which would you use?

Thank you.
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centrox
 
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Reply Thu 5 Oct, 2017 12:21 pm
1. More formal. 2. Less formal. 3. NO!
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PUNKEY
 
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Reply Thu 5 Oct, 2017 03:52 pm
Manchester United = it.

Manchester United is . . .
Kolyo
 
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Reply Thu 5 Oct, 2017 10:48 pm
@PUNKEY,
There's a reason people read the OED instead of the Lansing 'Murican Dictionary. Thank you for illustrating what that reason is. You may think Man U are a "soccer" team, and it's fine if you think that, as far as I'm concerned, as long as you don't try to "correct" people who call them a football club.

In Britain people commonly treat collective nouns as plural.
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izzythepush
 
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Reply Fri 6 Oct, 2017 05:09 am
City are top, United are second.
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izzythepush
 
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Reply Fri 6 Oct, 2017 05:11 am
@PUNKEY,
No, football teams are given a plural. Manchester united are a bunch of arseholes, not Manchester United is a bunch of arseholes.
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