Collective nouns singular or plural verb

Difficulties Faced by Iraqi EFL Learners in Translating English

English collective nouns may co-occur in the singular with either a singular or a plural form of the verb; secondly in terms of form
article cad b e a b cb da b d b

Human Collective Nouns in English and Arabic

construction : the collective noun + of + a substantive in the plural as in singular verb when the group is thought of collectively (Curme 1947 : 116.

Collective nouns in English used in Sweden

Jan 17 2014 (The Local in the SWENC). Arguably
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Concord with collective nouns revisited

Agreement is also displayed in relative pronouns in English. There is great con- sistency in the use of which + singular verb on the one hand
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All for One: Subject-Verb Agreement for Compounds and Collective

subject involves both a singular and plural noun it is best to place the plural noun near the verb to avoid an awkward result. Examples:.
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SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

SINGULAR unless the meaning is clearly plural. 1. SINGULAR. Collective nouns nearly always emphasize a group as a UNIT. The class respects the teacher.
SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT

THE CREW HAVE ABANDONED THE SHIP: Concord with collective

In British English singular collective nouns may be followed by a This paper tries to show that quite on the contrary

Verbal Agreement with Collective Nominal Constructions: Syntactic

Are there any collective nouns among lexical plurals in English?

Apr 30 2021 - stage 1: collective sense

7 The agreement of collective nouns in the history of Ancient Greek

purpose runs as follows: “a noun that refers to two or more entities