“Australia have withdrawn” is still fine. They (Australia) have withdrawn.
fosstulate@iusearchlinux.fyi 10 months ago
Cricket Australia has withdrawn.
snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
0x815@feddit.de 10 months ago
I would also say ‘has’, but as @Zagorath and @snugglesthefalse already said, both is possible, and I didn’t want to correct the BBC.
Zagorath@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Like many things, this is an area where Australians straddle the line between Britain and America.
In America, an organisation is singular. It is over organisation, after all.
In Britain, organisations are plural. They are made up of multiple people, after all.
We go either way. Stone might prefer “Australia has”, others prefer “Australia have”. Neither is wrong.