collective nouns

[cricket_miller_360]

should a collective noun be treated as as singluar nouns?

[adiagr]

should a collective noun be treated as as singluar nouns?

See This thread.

an-international-group-of-more-than-2-000-scientists-t2322.html

[tim]

Thanks, adiagr. Yes, in general collective nouns should be treated as singular: army, group, class, gang, family, team, etc. Pay special attention to this if you learned your English in a Commonwealth country (UK, ZA, and India in particular) because this rule is the opposite of what you'll encounter in those dialects..