Blue team or team blue?
Hi, everyone.
Tomorrow I'm playing some games with my students, so I've decided to create three teams: the blue, the green, and the yellow. However, I really don't know how I should write down on the flags. Is it blue team, or team blue? It seems to be a silly question, I know, but both ways sound right to me somehow. Can anybody help me with this issue? Thanks a lot!
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Blue team or team blue?
Hi, everyone.Tomorrow I'm playing some games with my students, so I've decided to create three teams: the blue, the green, and the yellow. However, I really don't know how I should write down on the flags. Is it blue team, or team blue? It seems to be a silly question, I know, but both ways sound right to me somehow. Can anybody help me with this issue? Thanks a lot!
Both are correct but as a native speaker I would say that "Blue team" sounds a bit nicer :) Have fun!
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It's not a silly question because , basically, both are correct. I'm not an expert but I'll try to explain the differences and, if anyone sees a mistake, I'd welcome them to correct me.
The blue team - blue is an adjective, describing the team. Using 'the' shows that there is only ONE blue team. So if you decide to use 'blue team' it should really have 'the' before it. "The blue team scored seven points today and the red team has been disqualified for cheating."
Team Blue - this is actually very common. in this example, Team Blue is actually the name of the team. "Team Blue is in the lead by four points but Team Yellow really likes eating ice cream."
If you're writing it on the flags, it probably would look better as Team Blue/Team Green etc.
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I would say Blue Team as well!
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