Timeline for Re: Collective noun and personal pronoun agreement (e.g., "The staff is deciding how they want to vote.")

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Nov 17, 2021 at 4:50	history	edited	user294180	CC BY-SA 4.0	reword update; cite sources
Mar 16, 2021 at 2:19	history	edited	user294180	CC BY-SA 4.0	added 278 characters in body
Apr 1, 2019 at 2:39	history	edited	user294180	CC BY-SA 4.0	add note
Apr 1, 2019 at 2:30	history	edited	user294180	CC BY-SA 4.0	added 13 characters in body
Apr 1, 2019 at 2:21	history	edited	user294180	CC BY-SA 4.0	edit title; redraft
Mar 31, 2019 at 23:14	history	edited	user294180	CC BY-SA 4.0	edit title
Nov 15, 2018 at 19:26	history	edited	user294180	CC BY-SA 4.0	delete unnecessary info
Apr 26, 2018 at 1:16	comment	added	Phil Sweet		This isn't a problem for AE speakers. We seldom, if ever, would use staff are in this situation. So we are left with the example sentence for lack of alternatives. I wouldn't add members, or any other work around. The sample sounds best among the alternatives presented. Exchanging it wants sounds stilted, but otherwise fine. Using staff members just sounds non-idiomatic. And we don't use staff are. The writer seems to acknowledge this is already a lost cause. BBC Learning English opinion
Apr 25, 2018 at 18:30	history	edited	user294180	CC BY-SA 3.0	clarity
Apr 25, 2018 at 6:43	answer	added	Cuagau		timeline score: 3
Apr 25, 2018 at 5:26	answer	added	Zack H		timeline score: 1
Apr 25, 2018 at 5:04	history	edited	user294180	CC BY-SA 3.0	punctuation
Apr 25, 2018 at 4:44	history	edited	user294180	CC BY-SA 3.0	punctuation
Apr 25, 2018 at 4:38	history	asked	user294180	CC BY-SA 3.0