[Grammar] Is "A group of five" plural or singular

[kwfine]

Dear teachers,

My friends, May, Jane, David, and I are planning to visit Japan next month.
But I have a question when I am writing this in my diary:

"A group of four people, May, Jane, David, and I are planning to visit Japan next month."
What if I don't list the people after "A group of four people",
shall use a singular verb instead?
"A group of four people is planning to visit Japan next month."

Please help, teachers.

Thank you

Kitty

 

[bhaisahab]

Dear teachers,

My friends, May, Jane, David, and I are planning to visit Japan next month.
But I have a question when I am writing this in my diary:

"A group of four people, May, Jane, David, and I are planning to visit Japan next month."
What if I don't list the people after "A group of four people",
shall use a singular verb instead?
"A group of four people is planning to visit Japan next month."

Please help, teachers.

Thank you

Kitty

In BrE you can use either.

 

[kwfine]

In BrE you can use either.

Thank you for the help, bhaisahab.
Could you see if there is any grammatical error if I change the sentence this way:

We, in a group of four people, are planning to visit Japan next month.

 

[bhaisahab]

Thank you for the help, bhaisahab.
Could you see if there is any grammatical error if I change the sentence this way:

We, in a group of four people, are planning to visit Japan next month.

It's OK.

 

[Tdol]

group of four people

You can just say group of four.