In Nouns^x, British English^x, Verbs^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...

In British english "Advice" is the noun and "Advise" is the verb. eg. Advice >I don't need any advice from you, Naresh. >The advice that Shyam gave Vidya was useless. eg. Advise > The teacher advised the students to take the day off. >Kannan advised me to go...

Hi Sharleenandrea, The difference between the two words is that in British English, 'practise' is a verb, and 'practice' is a noun (note that Americans don't use 'practise' as the verbal form, and use 'practice' for both the noun and the verb). In the sentence...

Yes, indeed it is! from Cambridge Dictionaries : "sit: to take an examination: After I've sat my exams, I'm going on holiday. " As for resit , it's both a verb and a noun in the UK. In my Uni, those who didn't pass their exams were given another chance in August, so...

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...

Hi Avangi This is what I posted earlier in the same thread: To my ear, "I'm not a native or a teacher" is better than "I'm not a native nor a teacher." ( I remember reading that the latter is also correct . ) Your sentence: I'm not a native, nor am...

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...

Lcchang wrote: Ms. Birch has been working for the Internet provider which is now involved in a case of leaking customer information. Hi everyone, I wouldn't use "who", unless I was referring to a real person. Internet provider usually doesn't refer to a person, but a company, a firm,...

We take a more flexible approach in British English and both ways (plural and singular) are seen as acceptable. It depends on how we are thinking of the 'group'. We say 'the group is' when we are thinking of it as one collective thing but 'the group are' when we are thinking the members of...

Americans use only practice for both noun and verb. Your examples are good British English: practice , the noun; practise , the verb. CJ