Greetings GMAT masters! I have a conceptual question regarding subject -verb agreement we so often encounter in sentence correction questions. Based on what i have read and followed so far, Collective nouns such as group, committee, army, orchestra etc are always singular.
E.g. - The ARMY IS marching or The orchestra was late to the show etc
Can collective nouns be plural when we use "A" instead of "The".
For e.g - A group of students ARE marching vs A group of students is marching?
My question invariably comes to collective nouns and distinguishing the singularity/plurality when "A" vs "The" is utilized. I think when "A" is used it refers to plural as in the case of A number of dogs escaped or An amount of etc
All help greatly appreciated!!
Thanks in advance.
Subhakam
E.g. - The ARMY IS marching or The orchestra was late to the show etc
Can collective nouns be plural when we use "A" instead of "The".
For e.g - A group of students ARE marching vs A group of students is marching?
My question invariably comes to collective nouns and distinguishing the singularity/plurality when "A" vs "The" is utilized. I think when "A" is used it refers to plural as in the case of A number of dogs escaped or An amount of etc
All help greatly appreciated!!
Thanks in advance.
Subhakam
