And stop using SMS speak, m8
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Correct - Hawks are best.
Incorrect - <insert non-Hawthorn team here> aren't best.
You'se guys must agree - Hawks are the most bestest team!
We have another piss taker.
I think he was serious
What kind of looser starts a thread like this anyway?
Wrong. Hawks is the collective noun for the team, Hawthorn is the singular.No you goose. Hawks IS the most bestest team. Singular - Hawks is one team.
One that is very bias
Bias (noun) - a particular tendency or inclination; prejudice
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Biased (adjective) - having or showing bias or prejudice.
Eg.. I'd rather walk on nails THEN follow Essendon..
When their in good form Chad Cornes is better then you're average frontrunning seegull. INCORRECT
They're a bunch of seagull's and Chad Cornes is better than your average one. CORRECT
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The worst mistake I've seen on these threads are when people use then instead of than or the other way around..
Eg.. My team is better THEN yours..
The correct way>>> It's better THAN yours..
Eg.. I'd rather walk on nails THEN follow Essendon..
The correct way>>> I'd rather walk on nails THAN follow Essendon..
Wrong. Hawks is the collective noun for the team, Hawthorn is the singular.
Therefore...
The Hawks are a real chance of making the top four - CORRECT
Hawthorn is a real chance of making the top four - CORRECT
The Hawks is a real chance of making the top four - INCORRECT
Hawthorn are a real chance of making the top four - INCORRECT
The phrase, "Hawks is..." is never correct, no matter the context. Similarly, the phrase, "Hawthorn are..." is never correct.
With regard to the example you used, there is no way to make that phrase grammatically correct ('bestest' notwithstanding!).
The best effort you could make is to say: "The Hawks are the best(est!) team" but it's still problematic, although generally acceptable in the context of sports teams. If you're referring to the singular term "team", then by definition you should use the singular form of the team's name i.e. "Hawthorn".
Wrong - seagull's doesn't imply ownership or a contraction in that sentence.
What? Using a colloquialism is not grammatically incorrect... it may be informal, but it's not an error in grammar. Stop trying to sound smarter than you are.All of the above three options constitute bad grammar, unless you mean that somebody is going to kick an actual bag. "Bag" is a colloquial expression used in this context - therefore grammatically incorrect.
What? Using a colloquialism is not grammatically incorrect... it may be informal, but it's not an error in grammar. Stop trying to sound smarter than you are.
Neither is French, but that doesn't make it grammatically incorrect.Its not the Queens English!!!!
Its not the Queens English!!!!
Wrong - seagull's doesn't imply ownership or a contraction in that sentence.
The worst mistake I've seen on these threads are when people use then instead of than or the other way around..
Eg.. My team is better THEN yours..
The correct way>>> It's better THAN yours..
Eg.. I'd rather walk on nails THEN follow Essendon..
The correct way>>> I'd rather walk on nails THAN follow Essendon..