Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site whuxle.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!floyd!whuxle!otto From: otto@whuxle.UUCP (George V.E. Otto) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re:Grammer (Sic!) Quiz Message-ID: <448@whuxle.UUCP> Date: Fri, 15-Jun-84 02:10:35 EDT Article-I.D.: whuxle.448 Posted: Fri Jun 15 02:10:35 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 16-Jun-84 00:45:42 EDT References: <798@houxm.UUCP> Organization: Bell Labs, Whippany Lines: 9 Another point about British English and number is that in some cases a group will be referred to in the singular or plural depending upon its collective mental state, e.g., "The committee *is* unanimous" but "The committee *are* divided." Thus, a unanimous committee is *one* thing, while a divided committee is *more* than one thing. George Otto AT&T Bell Labs, Whippany ------------------------