120 Rules of Grammer
RULE30 : Subject-Verb Agreement with Collective Nouns :
When a collective noun denotes that the whole group is working together on the same task, we use a singular verb.
Example:-
🟢The audience is watching the movie. [every audience is watching together] ✅
When a collective noun denotes that the whole group is working on different tasks, we use a plural verb.
Examples:-
🟠The audience are taking the seats. ✅
#NOTE: Words like “police, vermin, cattle, clergy, gentry, poultry, folk, peasantry, people, infantry, cavalry, etc.” are “plural nouns” and not “collective nouns”. Plural noun always takes a plural verb. So these words always take plural verbs.
Example:-
🟢Cattle are wandering in the farm. ✅
#NOTE: Sometimes the word “people” is used in the meaning of “a country” instead of “persons”, in that case we use a singular verb. Peoples means countries or people belonging to different nationalities.“Peoples” in that case is correct.
RULE30 : Subject-Verb Agreement with Collective Nouns :
When a collective noun denotes that the whole group is working together on the same task, we use a singular verb.
Example:-
🟢The audience is watching the movie. [every audience is watching together] ✅
When a collective noun denotes that the whole group is working on different tasks, we use a plural verb.
Examples:-
🟠The audience are taking the seats. ✅
#NOTE: Words like “police, vermin, cattle, clergy, gentry, poultry, folk, peasantry, people, infantry, cavalry, etc.” are “plural nouns” and not “collective nouns”. Plural noun always takes a plural verb. So these words always take plural verbs.
Example:-
🟢Cattle are wandering in the farm. ✅
#NOTE: Sometimes the word “people” is used in the meaning of “a country” instead of “persons”, in that case we use a singular verb. Peoples means countries or people belonging to different nationalities.“Peoples” in that case is correct.