Plural or singular
An important difference between American and British English is the way they treat collective nouns
Take a look at the following examples :
A) British English: The staff (are) taking the days off
B) British English: the Committee (are) making the decision today
اسامی جمع در انگلیسی بریتانیایی با فعل جمع میآید.
As you see, British English usually treats collective nouns as plural nouns while American English almost always uses the singular subject_verb agreement with collective nouns
A) American English: the staff (is) taking the day off.
B) American English: The committee (is) making the decision today
در حالیکه در انگلیسی آمریکایی اسامی جمع با فعل مفرد همراه هستند.
