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Feb 19, 2011 · I think they are comparable. In fact, I think they could both constitute in-of-themselves collective imaginaries. Islam, or Democracy (and more broadly, Liberal values that underpin democracy) are both 'visions' that can make up a collective imaginary. So, to answer your question--I think your comparison and use of collective imaginary is fair.
Jul 8, 2006 · Portuguese, Portugal. Jul 8, 2006. #13. I think the question is that "group" is the subject of the phrase, not people. And group is a singular word. If it was "groups of people", it would be "groups (subject) of people are playing soccer" but it is only ONE group so it is "a group of people IS playing soccer".
May 4, 2010 · Feb 19, 2008. #3. "Dexter ' s truancy problem is way out of hand. The Baltimore county school board has decided to expel. Dexter from the entire public school system." You must use "has" here because the school board is singular. Although the school board itself is made up of numerous people, it is being referred to as a single entity.
Mar 31, 2006 · All collective nouns tend to use the singular sentence structure in common day to day usage. I understand that there are exceptions in use for technical reasons, but I feel a lot more comfortable using collective nouns with singular verbs.
Mar 10, 2006 · Through the many miles of threads on whether collective nouns take plural or singular verbs clapec's general conclusion is valid, especially for BE. But in the particular case of staff, there is a very marked distinction. I have just popped today's question onto the end of the staff, singular or plural thread. If you look back you will see a ...
Feb 26, 2008 · If you can rewrite a sentence such as above, then it is better to leave out the collective noun + preposition combination. Make sure that you really need to write "group of", "set of", "list of" or "pair of". Try to write your sentence without using such phrases. 1. try to avoid such phrases if possible.
May 29, 2008 · Senior Member. Columbus, Ohio. USA English. May 29, 2008. #3. A "crowd" of journalists. A "herd" or "pack" of journalists, given their tendency to move as large or small groups. But, herd and pack do hint at an opinion or humor. J.
May 29, 2005 · May 30, 2005. #9. The only answer that comes to my mind here is that there is a limited number of collective nouns really working as collective nouns, e.g. the ones I mentionned plus others. It seems that it is a closed list. Hence "the police" has always been working as a collective noun and it will always remain so.
Jun 3, 2017 · English (UK then US) Jun 3, 2017. #9. In baseball, the umpires are collectively referred to as the crew, in the sense that the main one is called the "crew chief" Umpire (baseball) - Wikipedia. That does not mean we can call it a collective because we don't say a "crew of umpires" in the same way we'd say a "murder of crows".
Jan 14, 2007 · BE allows for government (and many other collective nouns) to be either singular or plural. It seems that AE prefers to keep to the singular. There is much discussion and explanation on the various links provided above. A forum search for government singular plural lists 26 threads. Looking at this specific example, plural sounds very strange ...
