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Verb with Collective Noun
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A collective noun (army, committee, council and other words
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referring to groups) may take either a singular or plural verb
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depending on how the noun is used. If a collective noun is
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used to refer to a group as a whole, it will take a singular
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verb. If it refers to the members of a group, a plural verb is
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used.
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Singular sense
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: The audience was restless.
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Plural sense
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: The committee have been arguing
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among themselves.
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