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MYCompany ARE or IS?

0 I am writing a document referring to an activity that my company (ProForce) is undertaking. 02br
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00I have been told that the correct grammar is "ProForce are developing a system"; but I believe it should be "ProForce is developing a system". 02br
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00While the company does consist of many people who are doing the work, I believe the company itself should still be treated as a single entity, therefore it "is" rather than "are". 02br
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00Am I correct? 0-
  

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0 01blockquote 00While the company does consist of many people who are doing the work, I believe the company itself should still be treated as a single entity, therefore it "is" rather than "are". 12blockquote 12br 02br 00You are right. 0-

— Paco2004

  • 0 01blockquote 00While the company does consist of many people who are doing the work, I believe the company itself should still be treated as a single entity, therefore it "is" rather than "are".
  • 12blockquote 12br 02br 00You are right.
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00While the company does consist of many people who are doing the work, I believe the company itself should still be treated as a single entity, therefore it "is" rather than "are". 12br
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0 Hi, 02br
00It depends on whether you are thinking of the company as an entity or as a group of people. 02br
00If the latter, I'd say 'are' is also correct. 02br
00Other similar words include team, family, government. 02br
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00In this particular example, it seems to me you are thinking of the company as an entity, and so will your read
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0 The Brits favour the "are" version, for what it is wourth ^0) 0-
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0 I answered the way as above because I didn't take the questioner is asking a generalized problem of verbal forms for multitude nouns but I took he/she is asking the choice between "is" and "are" in the particular context of "The company (ProForce) is (or are) developing a system". When a company undertakes any kind development of commercial goods, the company does so usually as an organizatio
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