Thanks for your explanation, But still it's not clear Sometimes you wrote singular and sometimes plural - English - Subject-Verb Agreement

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Thanks for your explanation, But still it's not clear
Sometimes you wrote singular and sometimes plural Please explain
each sentence in detail URGENT please

Dear Student
Collective nouns are those nouns that are used to represent a group
of people, things, or animals For e g,
A flock of sheep
an army of soldiers

The committee works hard for better schools Why Singular ?
schools are plural like sandwiches in the next sentence you used
plural then why here singular?
The committee are having sandwiches for lunch Why
Plural ? above sentence schools you wrote singular than why here
plural for sandwiches ? Earlier you wrote is then you changed to
are we noticed that
A bouquet of yellow roses lends colour and fragrance to the room
Why Singular ?
The jury were polled for their verdicts Why Plural were The
jury is collective noun then why used were?

Regards

Roopali Rajput · Accepted Answer

Dear student,

Here is the answer:

The committee works hard for better schools Why Singular ?

Ans: When referring to the collective noun as a single identity it
is treated as singular When we are referring to the individuals
within the collective noun we treat it as plural

2 A bouquet of yellow roses lends colour and fragrance to the room
Why Singular ?
Ans: It means a single bouquet

3 The jury were polled for their verdicts Why Plural?
Ans: When referring to the collective noun as a single identity it
is treated as singular When we are referring to the individuals
within the collective noun we treat it as plural

Regards