The provisions of this chapter and the regulations and standards adopted by the. State Fire Marshal pursuant to Section 13160 shall not apply to any firm or. corporation not engaged in the business of servicing, charging or testing. portable fire extinguishers and that maintains its own fully equipped and.
In the above example, the plural verb are agrees with the nearer subject actors. In this example, the singular verb is agrees with the nearer subject director. 5. Inverted Subjects must agree with the verb. 6. Collective Nouns (group, jury, crowd, team, etc.) may be singular or plural, depending on meaning. In this example, the jury is acting as one unit; therefore, the verb is singular. In this example, the jury members are acting as twelve individuals; therefore, the verb is plural. 7. Titles of single entities (books, organizations, countries, etc.) are always singular.
Is family plural or singular? Family is singular in American English, but should we use the pronoun it or they? e.g. My family lives in California , but it/they used to live in France.. It sounds odd, but how do we justify the switch to the plural they?