Thanks for elaborating. Is British English generally freer with plural verbs on collective nouns, would you say? I was taught that it is, but by American grammarians.
Is British English generally freer with plural verbs on collective nouns, would you say? I was taught that it is, but by American grammarians.
Some fictional evidence upon the matter. :)
That’s quite true. It’s just that the pronoun “everyone” is a different kind of animal from collective nouns.
Thanks for elaborating. Is British English generally freer with plural verbs on collective nouns, would you say? I was taught that it is, but by American grammarians.
Some fictional evidence upon the matter. :)
That’s quite true. It’s just that the pronoun “everyone” is a different kind of animal from collective nouns.