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I saw your advertisement in the Saigon Times Daily on 09 Jan 2006 and I understand that your company is looking for a Manager Assistant (surely it is Assistant Manager or Manager's Assistant?) . I am very interested in this post and hope that you will give me the opportunity to attend an...

But. . . both you and your boss are correct. Consider, (A) My family (my dad, mom, and bother) are here with me. (non-collective noun) (B) My family (the group) is here with me. (collective noun) (C) British Coal, they who own and run the company, are. . . (D) British Coal, the company, is. ....