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Is it a group has or a group have?
Technically, it’s “has”. “Group” is singular, as you say, and this is the subject of the sentence, hence the verb number must match and thus be singular too.
What is the collective noun for scientists?
There’s no collective noun for scientists or teachers or plumbers or ..well anything else really, except for a few groups of animals (a herd, a flock, a school, a covey, a pride, etc.) The rest are all just made up and are not real things.
What is the collective noun for have or has?
A collective noun is a name for a group of people or things such as “family,” “class,” “pack,” “bouquet,” “pair,” and “flock.” Collective nouns usually take a singular verb, because they are singular in construction, but they sometimes take a plural verb. The family is driving across the country this summer.
Is a group of students singular or plural?
Use the singular if you see the class as a group of students. Use the plural if you see the class as single students. In British English the plural is used more often than in American English. The family is on holiday.
Is a group its or their?
Senior Member. It would interpret “their” as being the collective values of the membership and “its” as values formally expressed as group policy.
What is the collective noun of directors?
board of directors
Another words used for a group of directors are: “A guild of directors.” “A drove of directors.” But usually it is indicated by “A board of directors”. Therefore, the correct answer is option ‘C’ thewe can say it as “A board of directors.”
What is the collective noun for jury?
A group of jurors, for example, is called a damning of jurors, which is an example singular collective nouns.
Has your group or have your group?
If you are referring to the whole group as a single entity, then the singular verb is best. A collective term would be seen as singular, so ‘has’.
What do you call a group of students?
The collective noun for a group of students is “class” or “batch” or “assembly” or “flock” or “congregation” or “council”.
Why do scientists change their theories?
For Example the theory that the earth was expanding has not been proven wrong but has been changed by the plate tectonics theory. Scientist are constantly discovering new things by theories or experiments that change or disprove a theory. So in that case they change.
How long does it take to develop a scientific theory?
It takes quite a bit of time to develop a scientific theory, and it is a rigorous process. This lesson will describe what scientific theories are and how they are developed by scientists. Do you want to know how scientific theories are developed? Well, we’ll get into that in a moment.
How are scientific theories created and tested?
Scientific theories are created through the process of the scientific method. Observation and research lead to a hypothesis, which is then tested. If the hypothesis is not disproven, it will be reviewed and tested over and over again.
What is a theory and how does it work?
A theory explains not just what happens, but also how it happens. Theories are based on experiments, observations and facts that many scientists have confirmed, over and over. Theories also help scientists make predictions and form new questions. Sometimes, people will say they have a theory, but they actually have a hypothesis.