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When is "group" singular and when is it plural?

January 12, 2017
Shuromita_testing
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When the group is being considered as a whole, it can be treated as a single entity: "the group was ready to go on stage." But when the individuality of its members is being emphasized, "group" is plural: "the group were in disagreement about where to go for dinner."
64 Upvotes 10 Downvotes January 12, 2017
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singular form
25 Upvotes 7 Downvotes February 17, 2017
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The whole group (means the total members / things ) works together/same purpose will treated as singular..... If the whole group is divided to work on various purpose or not working together will treated as plural.
16 Upvotes 3 Downvotes March 22, 2017
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group is singular because in the group there are many people .☺☺☺
11 Upvotes 3 Downvotes March 23, 2017
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it depends on using actually. when a group is represented as a whole and individually then it is singular but when its shows variety and divisions it will be plural. as an example * The cricket team has made us proud. * The players of the cricket team are really praiseworthy....
10 Upvotes 4 Downvotes March 23, 2017
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group is cosideried as singular in grammar like team. a bunch of people or animal or things comes together it become a group. But exception is always there it could be plural if speakers want to mention more than a group all things depend on speakers
7 Upvotes 3 Downvotes March 23, 2017
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It depends on conditions. For instance, if group is working on something then it is singular, but when group is emphasised, it is plural.
7 Upvotes 3 Downvotes March 22, 2017
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একবচন
5 Upvotes 1 Downvotes March 07, 2017
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singular
8 Upvotes 4 Downvotes March 07, 2017
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Singular
10 Upvotes 6 Downvotes February 14, 2017
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When is "group" singular and when is it plural?
When the group is being considered as a whole, it can be treated as a single entity: "the group was ready to go on stage." But when the individuality of its members is being emphasized, "group" is plural: "the group were in disagreement about where to go for dinner."

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