Difference between aggregate and collective nouns

Police is a plural noun, can not have singular verb attached to it, thus not collective noun; army is a singular countable one.
There is no reason for why it is so.
BTW, I could not download the link.

InchoateknowledgePolice is a plural noun, can not have singular verb attached to it, thus not collective noun; army is a singular countable one.
There is no reason for why it is so.
BTW, I could not download the link.

So, it means that there are plural nouns that always take plural verbs. Can you give some other examples of plural nouns.

InchoateknowledgePolice is a plural noun, can not have singular verb attached to it, thus not collective noun; army is a singular countable one.
There is no reason for why it is so.
BTW, I could not download the link.

I tend to disagree. Police is mostly considered and used as a singular collective noun unless it’s a situation where more th

I'm sorry, Goodman, but police takes the plural. The police force takes a singular, but you would never say "Police is questioning the suspect" or "The police is looking for clues to the crime."

You could say "A policeman is" or "The police force is" or "A member of the police" but not just "Police is."

I've never thought before why we think of the police as a bunch

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Don't mean to disappoint your arguement. To affirm my own learning, I checked and found these:

Patrol Police is Set to Enhance the Security in Cyberjaya ... The Patrol Police adheres to the security standards of a Cybercity, whereby it takes a maximum ...







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InchoateknowledgePolice is a plural noun, can not have singular verb attached to it, thus not collective noun; army is a singular countable one.
There is no reason for why it is so.
BTW, I could not download the link.

So, it means that there are plural nouns that always take plural verbs. Can you give s

I so often forget to include the caveat "in American English." I know the Brits have a different approach to some collective nouns (country, company, etc.) so it should be so with "police" as well. In American English, police is plural. Google results showed singular police used in other countries, and a great many hits for the musical group.

Does an Oxford dict. say things in BrE? Well, it also suggests "police" should be used as a plural.

Hi, IK!

I think you can open the link if you get rid of the repetitive "http://" in the address column.

Obviously, depending on where we learned English, it has some bearing on our understanding toward some of the most common debated questions. To validate my own understanding, I did some searching and came to a conclusion, In the US, some experts agree that either singular or plural is acceptable, but must be consistently used in the context. However, the majority considers “Police” as plural. In

Well, i've come across this website which enlists plural nouns and categorizes them with respect to their form (singular or plural)

http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/nouns/plural.htm

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