The Royal Family live in mansions, or in a mansion.?
The question was in an English small test. I'm not a native speaker of English and I would like to improve my English. In this test question, we had to fill in the blanks.
Either:
- The Royal family live in "mansions".
- The Royal family live in a "mansion".
So the option was to put the word mansion in singular or mansions in plural.
The exersice said fill in the blank, so I asume I had to write sonething irrispect if they live in palaces.
Thanks in advance!
grammaticality verb-agreement collective-nouns
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The question was in an English small test. I'm not a native speaker of English and I would like to improve my English. In this test question, we had to fill in the blanks.
Either:
- The Royal family live in "mansions".
- The Royal family live in a "mansion".
So the option was to put the word mansion in singular or mansions in plural.
The exersice said fill in the blank, so I asume I had to write sonething irrispect if they live in palaces.
Thanks in advance!
grammaticality verb-agreement collective-nouns
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Possible duplicate of My family is or My family are? This is itself a duplicate question.
– Weather Vane
yesterday
3
The title and example in body don't match up. Changing mansions vs mansion is separate aspect than whether Royal family is plural or singular?
– k1eran
yesterday
They live in palaces, don't they? Not all the same one though.
– Michael Harvey
yesterday
1
You edited, and changed the intent, again. The title DID NOT match the text. I changed the title to match.
– Cascabel
2 hours ago
Can we please send this into perdition where it belongs? After all our wasted efforts, it turns out to be, well...silly. It is the difference between using zero article, or indefinite article before singular and plural nouns....and guys, that's been done to death here.
– Cascabel
4 mins ago
add a comment |
The question was in an English small test. I'm not a native speaker of English and I would like to improve my English. In this test question, we had to fill in the blanks.
Either:
- The Royal family live in "mansions".
- The Royal family live in a "mansion".
So the option was to put the word mansion in singular or mansions in plural.
The exersice said fill in the blank, so I asume I had to write sonething irrispect if they live in palaces.
Thanks in advance!
grammaticality verb-agreement collective-nouns
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The question was in an English small test. I'm not a native speaker of English and I would like to improve my English. In this test question, we had to fill in the blanks.
Either:
- The Royal family live in "mansions".
- The Royal family live in a "mansion".
So the option was to put the word mansion in singular or mansions in plural.
The exersice said fill in the blank, so I asume I had to write sonething irrispect if they live in palaces.
Thanks in advance!
grammaticality verb-agreement collective-nouns
grammaticality verb-agreement collective-nouns
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Possible duplicate of My family is or My family are? This is itself a duplicate question.
– Weather Vane
yesterday
3
The title and example in body don't match up. Changing mansions vs mansion is separate aspect than whether Royal family is plural or singular?
– k1eran
yesterday
They live in palaces, don't they? Not all the same one though.
– Michael Harvey
yesterday
1
You edited, and changed the intent, again. The title DID NOT match the text. I changed the title to match.
– Cascabel
2 hours ago
Can we please send this into perdition where it belongs? After all our wasted efforts, it turns out to be, well...silly. It is the difference between using zero article, or indefinite article before singular and plural nouns....and guys, that's been done to death here.
– Cascabel
4 mins ago
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Possible duplicate of My family is or My family are? This is itself a duplicate question.
– Weather Vane
yesterday
3
The title and example in body don't match up. Changing mansions vs mansion is separate aspect than whether Royal family is plural or singular?
– k1eran
yesterday
They live in palaces, don't they? Not all the same one though.
– Michael Harvey
yesterday
1
You edited, and changed the intent, again. The title DID NOT match the text. I changed the title to match.
– Cascabel
2 hours ago
Can we please send this into perdition where it belongs? After all our wasted efforts, it turns out to be, well...silly. It is the difference between using zero article, or indefinite article before singular and plural nouns....and guys, that's been done to death here.
– Cascabel
4 mins ago
Possible duplicate of My family is or My family are? This is itself a duplicate question.
– Weather Vane
yesterday
Possible duplicate of My family is or My family are? This is itself a duplicate question.
– Weather Vane
yesterday
3
3
The title and example in body don't match up. Changing mansions vs mansion is separate aspect than whether Royal family is plural or singular?
– k1eran
yesterday
The title and example in body don't match up. Changing mansions vs mansion is separate aspect than whether Royal family is plural or singular?
– k1eran
yesterday
They live in palaces, don't they? Not all the same one though.
– Michael Harvey
yesterday
They live in palaces, don't they? Not all the same one though.
– Michael Harvey
yesterday
1
1
You edited, and changed the intent, again. The title DID NOT match the text. I changed the title to match.
– Cascabel
2 hours ago
You edited, and changed the intent, again. The title DID NOT match the text. I changed the title to match.
– Cascabel
2 hours ago
Can we please send this into perdition where it belongs? After all our wasted efforts, it turns out to be, well...silly. It is the difference between using zero article, or indefinite article before singular and plural nouns....and guys, that's been done to death here.
– Cascabel
4 mins ago
Can we please send this into perdition where it belongs? After all our wasted efforts, it turns out to be, well...silly. It is the difference between using zero article, or indefinite article before singular and plural nouns....and guys, that's been done to death here.
– Cascabel
4 mins ago
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This isn't a grammar rule so much as a pragmatic one. It depends on facts about things besides grammar.
Fact 1: An individual is said to live in only one place; that's what's expected in our culture.
Fact 2: Family is a collective noun -- singular, but referring to a group of people.
Fact 3: Families can all live together in one place, or they can live in separate places.
Fact 4: Collective nouns may count as singular or plural, depending on dialect, context, and intention. (My favorite example of this fact is the tag question Your family is still in Hungary, aren't they? in which family has singular agreement with is, but plural in the tag aren't they?)
So when you see one family in one place, it's singular agreement with family,
but when you see one family in several places, it's plural agreement with family.
answered 4 hours ago
John LawlerJohn Lawler
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John, MaryLou changed the text, but as it turns out the actual question was whether to use mansion, or mansions. It is not even a real question, just some mindless crap a pedantic teacher gave on a quiz.
– Cascabel
2 hours ago
add a comment |
The question was in an English small test. Im not a native speaker of English and I would like to improve my English.
In this exercise of the test we had to fill in the blanks.
Either:
1. The Royal Family live in mansions.
Or:
2. The Royal family live in a mansion.
So my question is which one is the correct form. Which one should I have choosen, 1 or 2?
* There was no option to choose the word "palace".
Thanksin advance
answered 20 hours ago
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You should edit your question to add any extra detail rather than posting it as an answer.
– KillingTime
20 hours ago
In American English, collective nouns like "family" and "team" take singular verbs. In British English (which seems more relevant in the case of the royal family), they often (but apparently not always) take plural verbs.
– Andreas Blass
19 hours ago
In what way, shape or form do these questions have to do with English usage? They are both correct. What are you trying to ask? And please do not post edits in the Answer. Do you want to know if the whole family live in ONE palace, or do they have their own individual palaces..? Because that is the way this reads.
– Cascabel
2 hours ago
It seems that the teacher put two options 'mansions' and 'a mansion' to test the students' understanding of the word family as 'one entity' or 'individuals'. The plural verb in the first sentence requires a plural noun as it refers to the individuals of the royal family who live in separate mansions. By the way, the question is not about using palaces instead of mansions.
– Mido Mido
2 hours ago
@MidoMido The question as the teacher put it is meaningless: How do you know what the teacher intended? Verbs DO NOT require nouns to match: NOUNS require verbs in the correct number.
– Cascabel
20 mins ago
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This isn't a grammar rule so much as a pragmatic one. It depends on facts about things besides grammar.
Fact 1: An individual is said to live in only one place; that's what's expected in our culture.
Fact 2: Family is a collective noun -- singular, but referring to a group of people.
Fact 3: Families can all live together in one place, or they can live in separate places.
Fact 4: Collective nouns may count as singular or plural, depending on dialect, context, and intention. (My favorite example of this fact is the tag question Your family is still in Hungary, aren't they? in which family has singular agreement with is, but plural in the tag aren't they?)
So when you see one family in one place, it's singular agreement with family,
but when you see one family in several places, it's plural agreement with family.
answered 4 hours ago
John LawlerJohn Lawler
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John, MaryLou changed the text, but as it turns out the actual question was whether to use mansion, or mansions. It is not even a real question, just some mindless crap a pedantic teacher gave on a quiz.
– Cascabel
2 hours ago
add a comment |
This isn't a grammar rule so much as a pragmatic one. It depends on facts about things besides grammar.
Fact 1: An individual is said to live in only one place; that's what's expected in our culture.
Fact 2: Family is a collective noun -- singular, but referring to a group of people.
Fact 3: Families can all live together in one place, or they can live in separate places.
Fact 4: Collective nouns may count as singular or plural, depending on dialect, context, and intention. (My favorite example of this fact is the tag question Your family is still in Hungary, aren't they? in which family has singular agreement with is, but plural in the tag aren't they?)
So when you see one family in one place, it's singular agreement with family,
but when you see one family in several places, it's plural agreement with family.
answered 4 hours ago
John LawlerJohn Lawler
84.5k6117331
2
John, MaryLou changed the text, but as it turns out the actual question was whether to use mansion, or mansions. It is not even a real question, just some mindless crap a pedantic teacher gave on a quiz.
– Cascabel
2 hours ago
add a comment |
This isn't a grammar rule so much as a pragmatic one. It depends on facts about things besides grammar.
Fact 1: An individual is said to live in only one place; that's what's expected in our culture.
Fact 2: Family is a collective noun -- singular, but referring to a group of people.
Fact 3: Families can all live together in one place, or they can live in separate places.
Fact 4: Collective nouns may count as singular or plural, depending on dialect, context, and intention. (My favorite example of this fact is the tag question Your family is still in Hungary, aren't they? in which family has singular agreement with is, but plural in the tag aren't they?)
So when you see one family in one place, it's singular agreement with family,
but when you see one family in several places, it's plural agreement with family.
answered 4 hours ago
John LawlerJohn Lawler
84.5k6117331
This isn't a grammar rule so much as a pragmatic one. It depends on facts about things besides grammar.
Fact 1: An individual is said to live in only one place; that's what's expected in our culture.
Fact 2: Family is a collective noun -- singular, but referring to a group of people.
Fact 3: Families can all live together in one place, or they can live in separate places.
Fact 4: Collective nouns may count as singular or plural, depending on dialect, context, and intention. (My favorite example of this fact is the tag question Your family is still in Hungary, aren't they? in which family has singular agreement with is, but plural in the tag aren't they?)
So when you see one family in one place, it's singular agreement with family,
but when you see one family in several places, it's plural agreement with family.
answered 4 hours ago
John LawlerJohn Lawler
84.5k6117331
answered 4 hours ago
John LawlerJohn Lawler
84.5k6117331
answered 4 hours ago
John LawlerJohn Lawler
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answered 4 hours ago
John LawlerJohn Lawler
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John, MaryLou changed the text, but as it turns out the actual question was whether to use mansion, or mansions. It is not even a real question, just some mindless crap a pedantic teacher gave on a quiz.
– Cascabel
2 hours ago
add a comment |
2
John, MaryLou changed the text, but as it turns out the actual question was whether to use mansion, or mansions. It is not even a real question, just some mindless crap a pedantic teacher gave on a quiz.
– Cascabel
2 hours ago
2
2
John, MaryLou changed the text, but as it turns out the actual question was whether to use mansion, or mansions. It is not even a real question, just some mindless crap a pedantic teacher gave on a quiz.
– Cascabel
2 hours ago
John, MaryLou changed the text, but as it turns out the actual question was whether to use mansion, or mansions. It is not even a real question, just some mindless crap a pedantic teacher gave on a quiz.
– Cascabel
2 hours ago
add a comment |
The question was in an English small test. Im not a native speaker of English and I would like to improve my English.
In this exercise of the test we had to fill in the blanks.
Either:
1. The Royal Family live in mansions.
Or:
2. The Royal family live in a mansion.
So my question is which one is the correct form. Which one should I have choosen, 1 or 2?
* There was no option to choose the word "palace".
Thanksin advance
answered 20 hours ago
KarelKarel
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You should edit your question to add any extra detail rather than posting it as an answer.
– KillingTime
20 hours ago
In American English, collective nouns like "family" and "team" take singular verbs. In British English (which seems more relevant in the case of the royal family), they often (but apparently not always) take plural verbs.
– Andreas Blass
19 hours ago
In what way, shape or form do these questions have to do with English usage? They are both correct. What are you trying to ask? And please do not post edits in the Answer. Do you want to know if the whole family live in ONE palace, or do they have their own individual palaces..? Because that is the way this reads.
– Cascabel
2 hours ago
It seems that the teacher put two options 'mansions' and 'a mansion' to test the students' understanding of the word family as 'one entity' or 'individuals'. The plural verb in the first sentence requires a plural noun as it refers to the individuals of the royal family who live in separate mansions. By the way, the question is not about using palaces instead of mansions.
– Mido Mido
2 hours ago
@MidoMido The question as the teacher put it is meaningless: How do you know what the teacher intended? Verbs DO NOT require nouns to match: NOUNS require verbs in the correct number.
– Cascabel
20 mins ago
add a comment |
The question was in an English small test. Im not a native speaker of English and I would like to improve my English.
In this exercise of the test we had to fill in the blanks.
Either:
1. The Royal Family live in mansions.
Or:
2. The Royal family live in a mansion.
So my question is which one is the correct form. Which one should I have choosen, 1 or 2?
* There was no option to choose the word "palace".
Thanksin advance
answered 20 hours ago
KarelKarel
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You should edit your question to add any extra detail rather than posting it as an answer.
– KillingTime
20 hours ago
In American English, collective nouns like "family" and "team" take singular verbs. In British English (which seems more relevant in the case of the royal family), they often (but apparently not always) take plural verbs.
– Andreas Blass
19 hours ago
In what way, shape or form do these questions have to do with English usage? They are both correct. What are you trying to ask? And please do not post edits in the Answer. Do you want to know if the whole family live in ONE palace, or do they have their own individual palaces..? Because that is the way this reads.
– Cascabel
2 hours ago
It seems that the teacher put two options 'mansions' and 'a mansion' to test the students' understanding of the word family as 'one entity' or 'individuals'. The plural verb in the first sentence requires a plural noun as it refers to the individuals of the royal family who live in separate mansions. By the way, the question is not about using palaces instead of mansions.
– Mido Mido
2 hours ago
@MidoMido The question as the teacher put it is meaningless: How do you know what the teacher intended? Verbs DO NOT require nouns to match: NOUNS require verbs in the correct number.
– Cascabel
20 mins ago
add a comment |
The question was in an English small test. Im not a native speaker of English and I would like to improve my English.
In this exercise of the test we had to fill in the blanks.
Either:
1. The Royal Family live in mansions.
Or:
2. The Royal family live in a mansion.
So my question is which one is the correct form. Which one should I have choosen, 1 or 2?
* There was no option to choose the word "palace".
Thanksin advance
answered 20 hours ago
KarelKarel
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The question was in an English small test. Im not a native speaker of English and I would like to improve my English.
In this exercise of the test we had to fill in the blanks.
Either:
1. The Royal Family live in mansions.
Or:
2. The Royal family live in a mansion.
So my question is which one is the correct form. Which one should I have choosen, 1 or 2?
* There was no option to choose the word "palace".
Thanksin advance
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You should edit your question to add any extra detail rather than posting it as an answer.
– KillingTime
20 hours ago
In American English, collective nouns like "family" and "team" take singular verbs. In British English (which seems more relevant in the case of the royal family), they often (but apparently not always) take plural verbs.
– Andreas Blass
19 hours ago
In what way, shape or form do these questions have to do with English usage? They are both correct. What are you trying to ask? And please do not post edits in the Answer. Do you want to know if the whole family live in ONE palace, or do they have their own individual palaces..? Because that is the way this reads.
– Cascabel
2 hours ago
It seems that the teacher put two options 'mansions' and 'a mansion' to test the students' understanding of the word family as 'one entity' or 'individuals'. The plural verb in the first sentence requires a plural noun as it refers to the individuals of the royal family who live in separate mansions. By the way, the question is not about using palaces instead of mansions.
– Mido Mido
2 hours ago
@MidoMido The question as the teacher put it is meaningless: How do you know what the teacher intended? Verbs DO NOT require nouns to match: NOUNS require verbs in the correct number.
– Cascabel
20 mins ago
add a comment |
You should edit your question to add any extra detail rather than posting it as an answer.
– KillingTime
20 hours ago
In American English, collective nouns like "family" and "team" take singular verbs. In British English (which seems more relevant in the case of the royal family), they often (but apparently not always) take plural verbs.
– Andreas Blass
19 hours ago
In what way, shape or form do these questions have to do with English usage? They are both correct. What are you trying to ask? And please do not post edits in the Answer. Do you want to know if the whole family live in ONE palace, or do they have their own individual palaces..? Because that is the way this reads.
– Cascabel
2 hours ago
It seems that the teacher put two options 'mansions' and 'a mansion' to test the students' understanding of the word family as 'one entity' or 'individuals'. The plural verb in the first sentence requires a plural noun as it refers to the individuals of the royal family who live in separate mansions. By the way, the question is not about using palaces instead of mansions.
– Mido Mido
2 hours ago
@MidoMido The question as the teacher put it is meaningless: How do you know what the teacher intended? Verbs DO NOT require nouns to match: NOUNS require verbs in the correct number.
– Cascabel
20 mins ago
You should edit your question to add any extra detail rather than posting it as an answer.
– KillingTime
20 hours ago
You should edit your question to add any extra detail rather than posting it as an answer.
– KillingTime
20 hours ago
In American English, collective nouns like "family" and "team" take singular verbs. In British English (which seems more relevant in the case of the royal family), they often (but apparently not always) take plural verbs.
– Andreas Blass
19 hours ago
In American English, collective nouns like "family" and "team" take singular verbs. In British English (which seems more relevant in the case of the royal family), they often (but apparently not always) take plural verbs.
– Andreas Blass
19 hours ago
In what way, shape or form do these questions have to do with English usage? They are both correct. What are you trying to ask? And please do not post edits in the Answer. Do you want to know if the whole family live in ONE palace, or do they have their own individual palaces..? Because that is the way this reads.
– Cascabel
2 hours ago
In what way, shape or form do these questions have to do with English usage? They are both correct. What are you trying to ask? And please do not post edits in the Answer. Do you want to know if the whole family live in ONE palace, or do they have their own individual palaces..? Because that is the way this reads.
– Cascabel
2 hours ago
It seems that the teacher put two options 'mansions' and 'a mansion' to test the students' understanding of the word family as 'one entity' or 'individuals'. The plural verb in the first sentence requires a plural noun as it refers to the individuals of the royal family who live in separate mansions. By the way, the question is not about using palaces instead of mansions.
– Mido Mido
2 hours ago
It seems that the teacher put two options 'mansions' and 'a mansion' to test the students' understanding of the word family as 'one entity' or 'individuals'. The plural verb in the first sentence requires a plural noun as it refers to the individuals of the royal family who live in separate mansions. By the way, the question is not about using palaces instead of mansions.
– Mido Mido
2 hours ago
@MidoMido The question as the teacher put it is meaningless: How do you know what the teacher intended? Verbs DO NOT require nouns to match: NOUNS require verbs in the correct number.
– Cascabel
20 mins ago
@MidoMido The question as the teacher put it is meaningless: How do you know what the teacher intended? Verbs DO NOT require nouns to match: NOUNS require verbs in the correct number.
– Cascabel
20 mins ago
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Possible duplicate of My family is or My family are? This is itself a duplicate question.
– Weather Vane
yesterday
3
The title and example in body don't match up. Changing mansions vs mansion is separate aspect than whether Royal family is plural or singular?
– k1eran
yesterday
They live in palaces, don't they? Not all the same one though.
– Michael Harvey
yesterday
1
You edited, and changed the intent, again. The title DID NOT match the text. I changed the title to match.
– Cascabel
2 hours ago
Can we please send this into perdition where it belongs? After all our wasted efforts, it turns out to be, well...silly. It is the difference between using zero article, or indefinite article before singular and plural nouns....and guys, that's been done to death here.
– Cascabel
4 mins ago