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Paultx Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Is family plural?
I know it's right to say The police are pursuing the criminal.
But is it right to say The family are short on money?
But is it right to say The family are short on money?
Top answer
" Families is the plural form.
- " Families is the plural form.
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Family is a singular noun, so it's "The family is short on money."
Families is the plural form.
Families is the plural form.
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Police and People are always plural.
Family can be singular or plural depending on the meaning.
When you want to refer each and every member in the family then it can be plural or else it is singular.
There are, further, so called collective nouns, which are singular when we think of them as groups and plural when we think of the individuals acting within the whol
Family can be singular or plural depending on the meaning.
When you want to refer each and every member in the family then it can be plural or else it is singular.
There are, further, so called collective nouns, which are singular when we think of them as groups and plural when we think of the individuals acting within the whol
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