Police
from M.Swan's PEU
"Police is normally used as a plural" (501.7)
Could somebody please explain .... why do you think the guru used "normally" (not "always") here?
(Does it mean "police" can be used as a single in some context?..)
Top answer
Maybe he meant that the singular is abnormal, because it is. There is no singular "police" in standard American English as I know it.
- Maybe he meant that the singular is abnormal, because it is.
- There is no singular "police" in standard American English as I know it.
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Maybe he meant that the singular is abnormal, because it is. There is no singular "police" in standard American English as I know it.
0vlivefCould somebody please explain .... why do you think the guru used "normally" (not "always") here
He/She was being cautious. Like me, he/she has learnt from bitter experience that using such words as 'always' or 'never' inevitably prompt someone to produce an exception.
vlivef(Does it mean "police" can be used as a single
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