The English construction versus the American.What gripes my gizzard is continuing confusion about whether to use a singular or plural verb with “Crimson Tide.” This has been previously discussed on here at some point. I believe as a collective noun “Crimson Tide” should be used with a singular verb; such as, “the Tide is moving the ball.” But I continue to hear announcers frequently say “Crimson Tide are ...”
In the Beatles song, "Only a Northern Song," George Harrison wrote:
When you're listening late at night
You may think the band are not quite right
But they are
They just play it like that.
The members of "the band are not quite right." Sound strange to American ears but the Brits say this all the time.