R.D.Borsley (r.d.borsley@bangor.ac.uk)
Mon, 2 Nov 1998 17:44:47 +0000 (GMT)
I would say possible. It looked fine to me at first. Then I thought I would probably prefer `is' to `are', but it's not bad. Bob Borsley On Thu, 29 Oct 1998, Robert Levine wrote: > > Can I get a judgment form native speakers of UK English on the following > example? > > Suppose a corporation are dissatisfied with the performance of > their legal department. > > Is this impeccable/possible/bizarre/hopeless etc? I'd very much appreciate > your judgments on it and similar examples where an aggregate interpretation > of the head is associated with an unequivocally singular determiner. > > Thanks very much, > > Bob > Department of Linguistics | URL: http://www.bangor.ac.uk/ling/ University of Wales, Bangor | FAX: +44 1248 38 29 28 Bangor LL57 2DG | Wales | Visit our web pages!
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