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Collective Nouns.
Brenda Gregoline
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (11 ed.)
A collective noun denotes a group of individuals regarded as a unit. Collective nouns may take either singular or plural verbs, depending on whether the word refers to the group as a unit or to its members as individuals. In American English, most nouns naming a group regarded as a unit are treated as singular (...View:
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