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Old 10-15-2004, 04:22 AM   #3 (permalink)
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"Dolphins" is plural, "Miami" is singular, and it's used as a collective noun so 'is' would be correct.

It's not only IS and ARE. "The Dolphins 'have' a bad team," and "Miami 'has' a bad team.'

Police and People are exceptions to the rule.

I think the British prefer ARE when using collective nouns, but I won't get into that.
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