Timeline for Are collective nouns (and in particular companies) always given a plural verb form, or are certain ones treated as singular?
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| Jul 31, 2021 at 16:03 | comment | added | Peter Shor | Now that's kind of circular reasoning ... any collective noun can be seen as a plurality of individuals. | |
| Jul 31, 2021 at 15:55 | comment | added | GJC | @PeterShor that's why it's not seen as a group but a plurality of individuals ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=majority | |
| Jul 31, 2021 at 15:52 | comment | added | Peter Shor | A family who are is actually quite common in your Ngram. | |
| Jul 31, 2021 at 11:10 | history | answered | GJC | CC BY-SA 4.0 |