Word for "No I in Team" - English Language & Usage Stack …
Dec 31, 2013 · I heard a song this morning that had "We put the us in trust " in its lyrics. It reminded me of the maxim "There is no I in team." I've heard other, gloomier examples like …
grammar - A "team" has or have an assigned task? - English …
Oct 7, 2020 · 2 People is a plural noun. Team can be treated as singular or plural. So "My team has this task to do" is perfectly OK and, like you, I prefer it to "My team have this task to do." …
grammar - apostrophes : girls' and boys' team - English Language ...
Feb 2, 2016 · My question is really about compound possession generally rather that a girls-and-boys team. I have seen text like "AAAs' and BBBs' Centre" and am trying to see is there any …
Possessive apostrophe in "teams' time"? - English Language
Mar 28, 2018 · In this sentence: Used by companies to manage their teams' time. Is that the correct possessive usage on teams? Does it matter if a company has more than one team or …
Sentence Correction: Team - was or were? [duplicate]
The team can be conceived of as a single entity, or a multiplicity, because it contains a set of readily divisible parts, which we may perceive as being divisible, but perhaps also indivisible, …
When do you capitalize names of groups of people?
Mar 13, 2025 · 1 Context: my team at work is responsible for quality assurance of another team's work. We call the other team "developers". They are specific people we all know. When I want …
What is the best use of the apostrophe in a church name when the …
It's not the team of St. Mary's, so you don't need the extra apostrophe there. It's St. Mary's church's team, but as with St. John's, the easiest way around the issue is to just refer to it as …
Why do Americans add "The" in front of a team name, but the …
Feb 27, 2014 · There is no equivalent for American team names. "The Cincinnati Reds" are not "The Cincinnati Reds Baseball Club". It's just "The Cincinnati Reds". If there is ever a need to …
Is there an idiom for "winning a contest because you were the only ...
May 25, 2017 · 9 From the Free Dictionary comes this entry for No Contest: Lit. [in games] a situation where one team fails to appear for a competition. It was declared no contest because …
Omission of "the" in "elected him president" and "made captain"
Jan 30, 2012 · Why is there no the before president and captain? They elected him president. She was made captain of the team.