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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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"family" and "government"

0 I'm confused with these two words--family and government.02br
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00Do I say .."my family goes to the mall" or "my family go to the mall."02br
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00Notice the first verb "go" is singular and the sencond is plural..02br
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00Similarly..02br
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00Do I say.."my governemtn is terrible" or "my government are terrible"02br
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00Noctice the singular and plural parts..02br
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00So do I write in singular or plural verb for these words?02br
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00Is there any other word that is in the same thing as these 2 words? 0-
  

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0 I think you write it in singular for the "family" one.0-
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0 My family is...02br
00My government is...02br
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00Both are singular. Although I think I read somewhere that in informal British English, it is permitted to say: "The government are..." That would not be acceptible in North American English, however. 0-
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0It depends.02br
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00My family go to the mall - members of my habitually family go to the mall, not necessarily at the same time. example.02br
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00A: Everyone in my family shops at 'Price -be-Right'02br
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00B: Really? My family go to the mall.02br
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00My family goes to the mall - altogether as a group. 0
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0 >> Really? My family go to the mall. 02<<
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00Interesting. That would not be permitted in my dialect even in this context. 0-
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0Hi, 02br
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00if I want to write or speak about my company, what shlould I write or say, My company is....... or my company are.....0-
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0 My company is 0-
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0 My company is would be correct.0-
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