Article+West Midlands Police+verb
Dear teachers,
I should appreciate it if someone could tell me why there is no definite article before the plural noun phrase "West Midlands Police", and why the verbs following it are not in the plural:
"West Midlands Police is leading the project and has until the end of March 2019 to produce a prototype."
Thank you very much
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This is an interesting question. Apparently this particular police dept. , by tradition, has acquired a singular sense and is always referred to in the singular, as it is here.
- This is an interesting question.
- Apparently this particular police dept.
- , by tradition, has acquired a singular sense and is always referred to in the singular, as it is here.
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This is an interesting question. Apparently this particular police dept. is always referred to in the singular (and usually without an article - Brits like to omit the article whenever possible), for example:
"West Midlands is investigating the incident."
"The Force is investigating the incident."
"Midlands" is investigating the incident."
"West Midlands Force is
0Selvakumarwhy there is no definite article
West Midlands Police is treated as singular because it is one organization.
CJ
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