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Tuvalet Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

who it believes

The police is catching the robbers who it believes have commited the crime
Could you explain the role of "it"in this sentence please
"It"refers to whom ?
is "it believes" pattern being used generally ?
Thank you
  

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Hi, "it" refers to the Police. Cheers, Iman

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  • Hi, "it" refers to the Police.
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Hi,
"it" refers to the Police.

Cheers,

Iman
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Your sentence is not correct. We refer to the police as 'they', not as 'it'.

The police are catching the robbers who(m) they believe have committed the crime.
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Cant a collective noun be singular or plural depending on the sentence.
I think in this sentence they(it) are considered as one unit.
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Some can, eg the army, the team.

But not the police.
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