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Originally Posted by ESL-lover Hi my friends...........
Tell me about collective nouns like family,people etc....
Is it singluar or plural?
Can I say family is or family are?
Thank you very much.................... |
Nouns like
family are, in AE, almost invariable construed as singular. Thus it would be: "The family is...." In BE it's a little more complicated. If the emphasis is on the collective use singular. If the emphasis is on the individuals use plural.
People is not a collective noun. Instead, it is a plural of
person.
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