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1i00My01b00 family was02b00 holidaying in Jamaica this time last January.02br
00My 01b00family were02b02i00 always fighting among themselves for the use of the single surfboard.0-
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10If we say, 'My family was ... ' we are thinking of the family as a unit.02br
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0 In AmE, it's almost always 01i00my family was02i00, but it can be 01i00were02i00 if 01i00my family02i00 actually means 01i01u00the members of02u00 my family02i00, as in Mr. M.'s second example.02br
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