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jury : singular/ plural

by confuse mind » Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:37 am
what is correct?

The jury was sequestered so that ...
or
The jury were sequestered so that ...

I feel it the members of jury who are sequestered and not the jury in itself, and thus, i feel it must be were but the correct answer of was
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by vineeshp » Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:54 am
Jury is a collective noun and is singular. Atleast on the GMAT.
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by vikram4689 » Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:56 am
jury is singular, unless members of jury isn't mentioned take it singular. And the case ou mentioned will always be there because jury is not a physical entity. For e.g. Jury takes the decision in Court. Now its the members of jury that take decision and NOT jury but even then we use SINGULAR.

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by Frankenstein » Thu Jun 16, 2011 3:00 am
confuse mind wrote:what is correct?

The jury was sequestered so that ...
or
The jury were sequestered so that ...

I feel it the members of jury who are sequestered and not the jury in itself, and thus, i feel it must be were but the correct answer of was
Hi,
Jury as a whole sequestered..so the jury as a collective noun takes singular verb.
But, if you intend to refer to the members considered as individuals, it will take plural verb.
Example: The jury were divided on a single point.
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by samurai.bharat » Sat Nov 01, 2014 6:04 am
Guys help me out with this:

The jury must consist of at least seven potential jurors.
or
The jury must consists of at least seven potential jurors.

Which one is correct?
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by [email protected] » Sat Nov 01, 2014 10:11 am
Hi samurai.bharat,

The first option is correct:

The jury must consist of at least seven potential jurors.

Here, the very "must" agrees with "the jury" and the verb "consist" serves as an infinitive.

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