| ▲ | Esophagus4 3 days ago | ||||||||||||||||
Collective nouns! They vary between British and American English. In this case, either would acceptable depending on your dialect. Also very noticeable with sports teams. American: “Team Spain is going to the final.” British: “Team Spain are going to the final.” https://editorsmanual.com/articles/collective-nouns-singular... | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | cubefox 3 days ago | parent [-] | ||||||||||||||||
I thought this was the same in all languages (my reference was German) because names are singular terms, even in British English, but apparently there are special rules. | |||||||||||||||||
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