company Sing./Pl.

[Evetria]

Should company (as a business oragnisation) be used in Singular or Plural?
E.g. "Your company has been authorised to process scrap. or
Your company have been authorised..."
Thank You!

[Curious Cat]

Singular. Never heard of Plural used with company as an organization.

Good luck ;)

[Tdol]

It depends- in British English, the use of the plural is very common, but in American English, the singular is generally used.

[Curious Cat]

Oh, that's new to me! Thanks tdol.
Is it the same case with generic terms like 'police, family' etc.?

[Tdol]

'Police' is always used in the pluarl. With other collective nouns in BrE, we can use either, though the plural is more common. With 'company', you'll see the plural being used a lot when talking about the activities of a company, but as a singular if it is being sold, where we're thinking about the company as a single thing. When we think of groups of people doing something together in a group, we tend to head for the plural in the UK.

[Curious Cat]

Thank you once again Tdol!

[Tdol]

Any time, CC.