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Rule "a fleet of ships are (is)"
This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.
| Description: |
a fleet of ships are (is) |
| Message: |
Possible verb agreement error. Did you mean <suggestion>\4</suggestion>? (Some collective nouns can be treated as both singular and plural, so '\4' is not always incorrect.) |
| Category: |
Grammar
(ID: GRAMMAR)
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| Link: |
https://languagetool.org/insights/post/collective-nouns/ |
Incorrect sentences
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Correct sentences
for comparison: |
- A fleet of ships is spotted.
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- I'm taking a couple of days off.
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- ...at the periphery of syllables like consonants, and moves at...
- Today an impression of some of those original textile tradesmen can be had from the Book of Trades document created by Thomas.
- For a detailed Table of Contents please open the attached file.
- Two antipopes used the regnal name Victor IV: Laws are adopted by majority vote of members present or, if the president demands a second reading, of a total membership.
- He carried a bag of algae bread in his wings.
- Only a handful of activists are articulate in our union.
- A couple of swallows are flying overhead.
- Only a handful of men want to take childcare leave.
- Laws are adopted by majority vote of members present or, if the president...
- Only at the very end of the chain of actions can we expect the outcome to change.
- The jokes that Tom makes about the land of kangaroos don't make us think that he will be a very successful comedian.
- Telution, a provider of operations support applications for the ordering, delivery...
- A paragraph is a unit of sentences found within a larger body of text that revolve around one main idea.
- What sort of dreams have you been having?
- Technically, the proposal can be passed if four percent of lenders are in favour of the termination notice.
- Technically, the proposal can be passed if four per cent of lenders are in favour of the termination notice.
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| ID: |
COLLECTIVE_NOUN_VERB_AGREEMENT_VBP [1]
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| Version: |
6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-23 22:33:10 +0100)
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