On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 10:34:52AM +0100, Angus Leeming wrote:
> > > It is correct as is. "The LyX team" is one team so the verb is also
> > > singular ("knows").
> > 
> > But there is more than one person in it... I guess that's again American 
> > vs British English.
> 
> Naaa! It's the difference between grammatically correct Engish and its  
> sibling, bad grammar. Both hold dual nationality. In this case "team" is a 
> collective noun that "knows" all.

So what's correct:

'The Goverment know'  or  'The Goverment knows'

Things like that always confuse me...

Andre'


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