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Some examples: 'Homo Sapiens', 'Smith's' or 'Audience'. Are these singular, because they refer to a single group, or plural because there is more than one member?
I understand audience might be an exception, as an audience could be one person.
Third person singular/ plural for a collective?
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Re: Third person singular/ plural for a collective?
Homo Sapiens IS... (a species, singular)
The Smiths ARE... (= the Smith family members, plural)
AmE: The Audience IS.../ BrE: ...ARE or IS (a collective noun: BrE tends to allow either singular or plural)
The Smiths ARE... (= the Smith family members, plural)
AmE: The Audience IS.../ BrE: ...ARE or IS (a collective noun: BrE tends to allow either singular or plural)