Question..."U2 are a rock band from Dublin, Ireland." or "U2 is a rock band from Dublin, Ireland."? —Ed (Talk • Contribs) 19:34, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I was just coming by to ask that. It should be the latter, correct?
Adding a {{editprotected}} request. NW (Talk) (How am I doing?) 01:13, 21 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Apparently, these pages aren't protected now. However, article itself uses "are", so I think that is correct. I'll do a bit of digging as to why though; this confuses me. NW (Talk) (How am I doing?) 01:15, 21 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Apparently, "are" is used because of the vagaries of British English, according to Awadewit. NW (Talk) (How am I doing?) 01:17, 21 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]