asur Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Original Sentence: Tired of practicing, the orchestra decide to walk out of their astonished conductor. There is a mismatch between Subject & Verb. Corrected Sentence: Tired of practicing, the orchestra decides to walk out of its astonished conductor. I don't understand why plural? should be there after a collective verb that is a singular and also why inplace of Can any shed some light on it for me with explanation.. Thank You Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamal_gmat2005 Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 u r answering the question urself... since it is a collective noun which is treated as singular all the verbs are ones which attribute singular nouns.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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