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A few examples of collective nouns: Lordling Send a noteboard - 14/06/2010 06:32:13 PM
audience
family
crowd
government
press
public
staff

I try to follow the guidelines of British English, but saying 'the family know of this' still sounds dumb, as if you forgot to add the 's'.


Got this from my English book, maybe writing it down will help me remember it.
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British grammar Deadsy - 14/06/2010 07:15:43 AM 687 Views
Entities (like nations and companies) are considered to be in the plural in British BlackAdder - 14/06/2010 07:38:05 AM 471 Views
You can write it either way in Britain. Rebekah - 14/06/2010 08:29:28 AM 484 Views
One thing I've been wondering ... for, oh, the last five or six hours... soilent brad - 14/06/2010 08:32:56 AM 757 Views
Kind of but not really any more. But it's still different in continental Europe. Ghavrel - 14/06/2010 08:36:40 AM 624 Views
Hmm... Long scale seems confusing soilent brad - 14/06/2010 08:49:06 AM 576 Views
It kind of depends on how you look at it. Legolas - 14/06/2010 11:09:00 AM 478 Views
Originally a billion was a million million, but we've given up on that one now. *NM* Tim - 14/06/2010 12:32:31 PM 216 Views
it might be an accent thing, but i think "was" sounds horrible in that context Foxhead - 14/06/2010 08:38:33 AM 548 Views
It's the same with club teams as well Liam - 14/06/2010 11:14:56 AM 489 Views
Singular nouns denoting groups can take plural verb agreement in British English. Tim - 14/06/2010 12:31:25 PM 527 Views
A few examples of collective nouns: Lordling - 14/06/2010 06:32:13 PM 480 Views
You can still follow the guidelines of British English... Rebekah - 14/06/2010 06:35:48 PM 454 Views
The British usually pluralise groups. Aviendha - 14/06/2010 06:55:44 PM 492 Views
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