To: RikaStrom
It is a UK publication. Thus the grammar is correct for the UK which uses a plural verb with a collective noun.
The English have a strange way with the English language.
38 posted on
08/07/2011 1:12:33 PM PDT by
N. Theknow
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To: N. Theknow
It is a UK publication. Thus the grammar is correct for the UK which uses a plural verb with a collective noun.
The English have a strange way with the English language. I did not know that. Thank you. I knew the s for c thing on certain words but not the plural verb rule.
I remember hearing about a sign once that said: French and English spoken here, American understood.
Same concept, sorta? :-)
50 posted on
08/07/2011 5:59:02 PM PDT by
RikaStrom
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