DiamondAngel 5,044 Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 2 hours ago, ZeldaJ said: Oh, I'm stupid, don't mind me lol And the Art Police is releasing music again? ugh... 2 hours ago, ARPIT said: While we're at it we should call the grammar police. Just kidding, sis! Technically "police" refers to a collective police force, a singular noun, meaning "is" is the correct verb. So in this case, the grammar police is wrong Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maleficent 6 Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 inb4 The Joanne Monster is released the same day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaskar 3,926 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 9 hours ago, GAGA1972 said: Technically "police" refers to a collective police force, a singular noun, meaning "is" is the correct verb. So in this case, the grammar police is wrong You confused me, henny, so I did a quick Google search, and here's what I found: In American English, most collective nouns are treated as singular, so a singular verb is fine. In British English, singular or plural, either is fine, BUT some collective nouns are treated as plural only (in both version English), and police and people are such nouns. The grammar police aren't wrong, sis. Edit: Here's the reference source : https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/grammar/matching-verbs-to-collective-nouns Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiamondAngel 5,044 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 8 hours ago, ARPIT said: You confused me, henny, so I did a quick Google search, and here's what I found: In American English, most collective nouns are treated as singular, so a singular verb is fine. In British English, singular or plural, either is fine, BUT some collective nouns are treated as plural only (in both version English), and police and people are such nouns. The grammar police aren't wrong, sis. Edit: Here's the reference source : https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/grammar/matching-verbs-to-collective-nouns Girl I scored in the 99% percentile on English! "Police" is referring to "police department" unless he specified "policeman" or "policewoman," singular. "The police" refers to the police force, or the national operation. "The policeman" or "The police officer" refers to an individual in that force/operation. But I speak American English not British English so maybe that's correct in your country Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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