Re: USAGE: THEORY/USAGE: irregular English plurals (was: RE:

Nik:
> I can't speak for John, but for me "the team are" is as ungrammatical as
> "the man are"
And Tom Wier & John Cowan, like good North Americans, concur.

Are any of the following okay?

1a. My family were arguing with each other.
1b. My family was arguing with each other.

2a. My family were behaving themselves.
2b. My family was behaving themselves.
2c. My family was behaving itself.

--And.

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