Assertion: noun's verb | /r/HasProperty | plural
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Source sentences:
text: In cases like this, the collective noun is plural and requires plural pronouns [like their] and plural verbs [like change].
text: In British English, however, collective nouns are often treated as plural in form and so take plural verbs, e.g., The government are intervening in the crisis.
text: It's sometimes unclear whether the verb for a collective noun should be singular or plural.
text: In English these nouns may be followed by a singular or a plural verb and referred to by a singular or plural pronoun, the singular being generally preferred when referring to the body as a unit and the plural often being preferred, especially in British English, when emphasizing the individual members.
text: Likewise, if the collective verb is plural, it must be in agreement with all the verbs, nouns, and pronouns surrounding it.
text: Plural nouns require plural verbs.