In Nouns^x, American English^x, Singular nouns^x

Personally, I would use 'was', but I seem to remember once reading that British English favoured one and American the other, particularly in situations like 'my family is crazy' or 'my family are crazy'.  Unfortunately, I can't remember which one is British and which...

The airport custodial staff, which (A) hasn't been working under contract for a year, (B) are thinking about (C) striking if management (D) doesn't agree to salary increases. I think (B) should be corrected to is thinking because in American English "staff" is considered a...

Since you are in TeiPei, it is most likely American English and therefore "staff" is used as singular noun. looked at the red markers. I think "are" should be changed to "is" because of the collective noun modifier " a group of". My staff has contacted a group of doctors that are...

Uh, no offense but their are a whole lot of misconceptions about American English in this thread. The "fag" thing has already been pointed out, so I'll let that one be. "The main difference between British English and American English is that in the former there is perfect grammar even in the...