Collective nouns
Nouns such as “committee” and “government” are singular.
the committee has reached a decision
The Office for National Statistics is always singular.
Some nouns ending in “s” are always singular.
news
Table of contents
- Abbreviations
- Addresses and telephone numbers
- Citations, references and sources
- Classifications
- Climate change
- Collective nouns
- Data
- Groups
- National Statistics
- Disability
- Ethnicity and race
- Sex, gender and gender identity
- Statistical language
- UK, Great Britain and Ireland
- Using capital letters
- Using spellcheckers
- Words not to use
- Words to watch