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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Invite or invites

Which is correct?

"The Underwriters Group cordially invites (or invite) you to attend ..."

and also

The Underwriters Group cordially invites (or invite) you and your guest to attend ..."
  

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Anonymous Which is correct? I'd say "... " is correct.

  • Anonymous Which is correct?
  • I'd say "...
  • " is correct.
  • "The Underwrites Group" is a single unit there.
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AnonymousWhich is correct?
I'd say "... group invites..." is correct.

"The Underwrites Group" is a single unit there.
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'Invite' is acceptable in BrE. We can think of collective nouns as being made up of members.

That's why you'll read "England bow out of the world cup" Here, 'England' refers to th England football team.
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fivejedjon'Invite' is acceptable in BrE. We can think of collective nouns as being made up of members.That's why you'll read "England bow out of the world cup" Here, 'England' refers to th England football team
Thank you for that informative reply, fivejedjon!

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