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You know where it says "MNHQ have commented on this thread..."

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BitOutOfPractice · 10/09/2014 20:59

And then there's a link to where NMHQ has commented.

I beg you , on bended knee.

Please can it say "MNHQ has commented..."

MNHQ is singular. Not plural. Like companies

"Apple has launched a new iWatch" not ""Apple have launched a new iWatch"

Sorry it's a pet hate but if you had to correct this mistake in your job as many times as I do, you'd understand

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NameChangerNewDanger · 10/09/2014 23:06

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TheFarSide · 10/09/2014 23:04

NameChanger I think it's the Americans who prefer the singular use - I was working as an editor for an American in the 1980s and remember him "correcting" me. That's why I acquired a copy of the Pocket Style Guide.

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TheFarSide · 10/09/2014 23:00

BitOut - it's not necessarily a mistake.

Just blown the dust off my copy of The Economist Pocket Style Guide (1986) and it says:

"There is no firm rule about the number of a verb governed by a singular collective noun. It is best to go by the sense - ie, whether the collective noun stands for a single entity (The council was elected in March, The army is on a voluntary basis) or for its constituents (The council are at sixes and sevens over rates, The army are above the average civilian height).

So, I would say it's not the actual HQ that has commented, but the constituents (ie people) of the HQ that have commented.

NameChangerNewDanger · 10/09/2014 22:57

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Sparklingbrook · 10/09/2014 22:54

Nooo-I didn't mean you Bit Grin. I meant in RL. Dunelm and their Bath Mat's. Hmm

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BitOutOfPractice · 10/09/2014 22:53

I'm scanning my posts now to check apostrophes!

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Sparklingbrook · 10/09/2014 22:48
Grin

Unfortunately i can't comment on what you are saying re the have/has as I don't know. Blush

My pet hate-apostrophe abuse.

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BitOutOfPractice · 10/09/2014 22:44

Oh sparkling I see

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BitOutOfPractice · 10/09/2014 22:40

No, there's only one headquarters. It's singular.

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5madthings · 10/09/2014 21:31

It doesn't work for me anyway, usually when you click on it it takes you to the comment by mnhq yes? But since the mobile site changed it hadn't been working for me.

Hassled · 10/09/2014 21:30

But there's more than one quarter - it's the headquarters. You don't ever say Headquarter. So it is plural, so it should be "have commented". Possibly.

Sparklingbrook · 10/09/2014 21:28

Sorry. It's just that you typed 'NMHQ' then went on about correcting mistakes and I couldn't resist.

or you meant NetMumsHQ. Shock

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BitOutOfPractice · 10/09/2014 21:26

Mumsnet Head Quarters I assume!

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Sparklingbrook · 10/09/2014 21:03

NMHQ?

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