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Verbs attached to collective nouns

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Verbs attached to collective nouns

Verbs attached to collective nouns

(OP)

This query may have appeared in a previous thread. If it has, please accept my apology.

Question: Is there a rule about the number of a verb governed by a collective noun ?

For example: The United States is helping the Phillippines...
Politics and economics, both usually appear in the singular form.

It seems that it all depends on whether the collective noun stands for a single entity. Am I right ?
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RE: Verbs attached to collective nouns

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Thanx.

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