Monday, 11 April 2016

grammaticality - Collective noun "police" — singular or plural?

According to ODO:




Definition of police



noun



[treated as plural] (usually the police)



the civil force of a state, responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the maintenance of public order:



local people have lost faith in the police




Unlike (FF's) government which can be treated as singular or plural, police is treated as plural.

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