Fill the gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.
The police ........... happy about the dwindling crime rate.
says they are
say it is
say they are
says it is
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The correct answer is "The police say they are".. The police is an unmarked plural word because it is not easy to know the plural.. E.gs of other words like this are " The folk, the poor, the youth..
Read Invisible teacher of Jamb use of English by Dele Ashade. Page 91 law 19
guy d answer here is d police say they are .the reason to this is because they are not referring to one police with d inclusion of 'the'. and more over u can not pluralise police. because they are not in one entity. they are form of organisation compiling two or more people. just like army, navy, air force.
afeeze is correct...that's just the simple explanation to that..please make correction
The chosen answer here is wrong
The police is used as a singular entity therefore should carry a singular verb
The correct answer is D ( the police says it is)
2. The chosen answer is wrong because THEY and IS can't go together as plural and singular is a contravention of the Concord rule
There is a spelling error
Sorry the answer appears twice in the option, please rectify
but the ans provide same answers A and C den B and D pls I need explanation
The correct answer is "The police say they are".. The police is an unmarked plural word because it is not easy to know the plural.. E.gs of other words like this are " The folk, the poor, the youth..
Read Invisible teacher of Jamb use of English by Dele Ashade. Page 91 law 19
