EA now owns 20% of Ubisoft.

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Originally Posted by haohmaru

Is it is! =)

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Only if you're American; Ubisoft is a collective noun, you can use either "are" or "is", it depends if the users sees the noun as a singular banner or a collection of people. When I said "Ubisoft are great" I was thinking of Michel Ancel and Patrice Désilets' teams, but not the Tom Clancy teams :)

EDIT: Here is a quote from one of my sister's Cambridge Grammar Manuals:

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People choose either singular or plural verb forms according to whether they are thinking in terms of a unified "body" or of the various people who make it up.

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It emphasises that "are" and "is" are both correct, and it's a matter of preference, which is largely dictated by your English variation. Now eat shit and die.

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Originally Posted by AstroBlue

Only if you're American; Ubisoft is a collective noun, you can use either "are" or "is", it depends if the users sees the noun as a singular banner or a collection of people. When I said "Ubisoft are great" I was thinking of Michel Ancel and Patrice Désilets' teams, but not the Tom Clancy teams :)

EDIT: Here is a quote from one of my sister's Cambridge Grammar Manuals:
It emphasises that "are" and "is" are both correct, and it's a matter of preference, which is largely dictated by your English variation. Now eat shit and die.

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Right, and I'm an American, so your point is...? What? That in Australia and the U.K that you're correct? Who gives a fuck? Quit being a whiny bitch. :P

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Originally Posted by haohmaru

Right, and I'm an American, so your point is...? What? That in Australia and the U.K that you're correct? Who gives a fuck? Quit being a whiny bitch. :P

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Did you see me fly off the handle when Master pointed out the same grammar "error" in this thread? I'll give you a hint, it was the first three words of his post.

"Is it is! =)" <--- denotes being playful, funny.
"Now eat shit and die." <-- denotes disgruntled, whiny asswipe.

See the difference?

One could interpret your non-response to Master as you ignoring what he wrote, not agreeing with what he said.

In any event, if UBISoft is or are great, I don't really give a shit. Say whatever the hell you want, I wasn't the one that "corrected" you.

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Originally Posted by haohmaru

"Is it is! =)" <--- denotes being playful, funny.
"Now eat shit and die." <-- denotes disgruntled, whiny asswipe.

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Point taken, I'm sorry. I've become what I hate :cry:

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Originally Posted by AstroBlue

Point taken, I'm sorry. I've become what I hate :cry:

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ME! :)

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Originally Posted by Captain Vegetable

ME! :)

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Hahahahaha. But nah, I've never even been moderately close to hating you.

I know. It was a joke.

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Originally Posted by Captain Vegetable

I know. It was a joke.

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I know. It was just an excuse to share more love around TNL.

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Originally Posted by Captain Vegetable

ME! :)

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he started droning on about economics? :p