Big Nate Comic Strip, February 27, 2013 on GoComics.com

Where did the Jazz come up?(Retorical question.Don’t answer)and besides,where did Mr.Pierce get the idea of Utah Jazz?(whatever that is.)Is it some kind of sport,music,study?0_O

simpsonfan2 said, 3 months ago

“Jazz is like Jell-O Pudding Pops. No, Jazz is like Kodak film. No, wait, Jazz is like the New Coke. It’ll be around forever, heh heh heh”-‘Bill Cosby’ on The Simpsons.

simpsonfan2 said, 3 months ago

Of course when that episode was made, nobody expected film to decline in use as it has.

garrettthegreat59 said, 3 months ago

@simpsonfan2

Still do not get it. ._.

Tue Elung-Jensen said, 3 months ago

pow – prisoner of war …

Adam Page said, 3 months ago

Utah jazz is a basketball team

NightHawk2005 said, 3 months ago

Pretty simple. As Pow refers to a group as a singular thing, it would be singular. A team nickname is always in the plural form.

Kylie2112 said, 3 months ago

@garrettthegreat59

American English and British English refer to teams/groups with singular names (Utah Jazz, West Ham United, Iron Maiden, Megadeth) in different grammatical ways. American English is generally singular (“The Utah Jazz is playing well.” “Megadeth is a classic thrash metal band) while British English refers to them in the plural form (”West Ham United are commonly referred to as ’The Acadamey Of Football." “Black Sabbath are often regarded as the first heavy metal band.”). Do you refer to a singular group as a unique entity (thus “is”) or a collection of individuals (“are”)?
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/end philosophical linguistic rant