Comment on Cricket: Australia have withdrawn from their men's T20 series against Afghanistan over continued restrictions on women and girls in the country under the ruling Taliban

fosstulate@iusearchlinux.fyi ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• 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.

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• snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  “Australia have withdrawn” is still fine. They (Australia) have withdrawn.

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• 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.

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