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Wesley Harry

Where is the Royal Scottish Dance Society

March 11, 2006, 8:56 p.m. (Message 44635)

A lot will depend an the audience.  If you are speaking (writing) to 
non-dancers, surely you would refer to the Royal Scottish Dance Society, 
i.e. singular.   But if using RSCDS (speaking to people who know what the 
acronym means),  then the organisation indicates a plural.  However, 
"Where is the RSCDS?" would mean where are they at this time - but "Where 
was the RSCDS?" meaning where were they then?
Wesley
(Just  throwing another spanner!)