In Nouns^x, British English^x, Plurals^x

In your sentence, I would use "is". The usage note below is from the American Heritage dictionary: British English does vary from American English on the use of plurals with nouns representing groups of individuals. Percent can take a singular or plural verb, depending on how the...

Hi Taka: For the many nit-picking rules of grammar, it's best to check out a more authoritative site than just an informal discussion group. For collective nouns, indeed, there is a divergence in British English and American English. They say that Brits and Americans are two peoples divided...

According to Swan ( Practical English Usage  (p519) - a fairly accurate source), in British English collective nouns can be either singular or plural.  'Plural forms are common when the group is seen as a collection of people.'  This fits with the usage that I hear in Australia.  It...

According to Swan ( Practical English Usage (p519) - a fairly accurate source), in British English collective nouns can be either singular or plural.  'Plural forms are common when the group is seen as a collection of people.'  This fits with the usage that I hear in Australia.  It seems...

Hi LiJ This topic has been discussed before and I hope you will find the following helpful. In British English 'sport' is the general term and is an uncountable noun. For example: (1) He is not interested in sport . (2) There is too much sport on television. (3) She excels at...

Hi New2grammar I've gone through the following Britsh English dictionaries and the definitions are as follows: local a person who lives in a particular place or district: The locals are very friendly. (Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary) noun: locals The locals are the...

Something to chew on: THE NOTION OF STANDARD SPOKEN GRAMMAR The term ‘standard grammar’ is most typically associated with written language, and is usually considered to be characteristic of the recurrent usage of adult, educated native speakers of a language. Standard grammar ideally reveals no...

In British English p. stands for 'page' and pp. 'for pages', so Ant is correct when he says that the plural of p. is pp. Here is an example from a book, and below the definition from a dictionary . p (PAGE) noun plural pp WRITTEN ABBREVIATION FOR page (PAPER) See p. 27. ...

Hi Stenka People may say what you have written in casual speech but them is not good English in this context. Put things/items in order would be better. In British English it is very common to use a plural pronoun or verb to refer to a whole that consists of many people even though the actual...

I would have used the plural for both verbs. I was told people say "A group of children are playing", not "is playing". I think "group" is a collective noun, and in American English it's singular: "The team is ready". In British English you might hear "The team are ready", but not in AmE. But...