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#16 (permalink) Fri Aug 14, 2009 20:22 pm Audience vs. spectator

PS A further recent example of this type of plural/singular is sadly heard repeatedly on news broadcasts when soldiers are killed in Afghanistan. The newsreader can be heard to say: The family has been informed and also The family have been informed. That's nothing to do with variations in English, it's just a personal choice. Alan _________________ English as a Second Language You can read my ESL story Three Letters for You?

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