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Vishaljain23231 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
1. The government has/have not announced a new policy
2. The team is in Detroit this weekend. They have a good chance of winning." Are these sentences also correct? Using 'is' in first and 'they' in second.
2. The team is in Detroit this weekend. They have a good chance of winning." Are these sentences also correct? Using 'is' in first and 'they' in second.
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This would go unnoticed by most American speakers. With #2, the team is thought of as one unit. Americans tend to use the singular for things like the government, a team, a company, etc.
- This would go unnoticed by most American speakers.
- With #2, the team is thought of as one unit.
- Americans tend to use the singular for things like the government, a team, a company, etc.
- However, in the second sentence, you are thinking about the team as a collection of individuals - they players win, so you can think of them in the plural.
- (If you're talking about baseball, they do NOT have a good chance of winning.
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This would go unnoticed by most American speakers.
With #2, the team is thought of as one unit. Americans tend to use the singular for things like the government, a team, a company, etc. However, in the second sentence, you are thinking about the team as a collection of individuals - they players win, so you can think of them in the plural. (If you're talking about baseball, they do NOT
With #2, the team is thought of as one unit. Americans tend to use the singular for things like the government, a team, a company, etc. However, in the second sentence, you are thinking about the team as a collection of individuals - they players win, so you can think of them in the plural. (If you're talking about baseball, they do NOT
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