Talk:Thespis (opera)

message: See current edition of Fowler's Modern English Usage, page 157:
:if the collective noun is thought of as a unit, a singular verb or pronoun follows naturally... but if members of the group are thought of as individuals a plural verb or pronoun is appropriate. 
In this case the company is a unit (as Gilbert himself wrote in The Grand Duke, Act II) - "The company possesses all the necessary dresses".) The anonymous editor probably does not know better than Fowler, Burchfield and W S Gilbert, meseems. Tim riley (talk) 15:17, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The British and Australians have the irritating habit of treating collective nouns as plurals, which is grammatically incorrect. I pointed this out to an Australian English teacher (the mother of Trevor Lees, the audio designer), who agreed -- but she did it anyway. It's most-often heard in the US on Mythbusters, which is written by an Australian: "The team have a meeting to decide what to do." As the word "team" has a plural (teams), it follows that "team" is singular, and takes a singular noun. WilliamSommerwerck (talk) 15:36, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Company - singular or plural 

message: Is it worth mentioning that Allen believes that this production's opening night enjoyed the largest audience of all G&S opening nights?Jim Dunning | talk 22:55, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Not sure.  The Gaiety was the biggest theatre where they ever premiered an opera, so it's almost certainly true; on the other hand, so what?  I'm not sure it's a factoid that really adds anything, because it doesn't say anything about the quality of the work, only about the size of the theatre....  I don't feel strongly against it....  -- Ssilvers (talk) 07:35, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Standing room only 

message: Thespis is set on Mount Olympus, which is a real location, so, despite being populated by the Gods, I'm not sure it should be operas with mythological locations rather than operas set in Greece. Shsilver (talk) 21:25, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Is it the real Mount Olympus, or a mythical Mount Olympus?  How do other works about the Gods on Olympus treat it?  If you're sure about it, go ahead and delete it.  -- Ssilvers (talk) 21:32, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
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