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The Calvary Singular or Plural
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Would you say "The Calvary wasn't coming" or "The Calvary weren't coming"?
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The word is cavalry, from the word "cavalier" meaning a horse riding soldier. The whole is a derivation from the French word for horse - "cheval".
The cavalry would usually be treated as a singular entity when being referred to en masse. In that case, one would use a singular verb, eg. he wasn't coming.
So, I would suggest you used the former - "The Cavalry wasn't coming".
This is discussed in rather verbose fashion here: Are collective nouns always plural, or are certain ones singular?
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The summary is this: collective nouns are treated with singular verb agreement in American English, and plural verb agreement in British English. So "the cavalry is coming" in American, "the cavalry are coming" in British English.
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The word is cavalry, from the word "cavalier" meaning a horse riding soldier. The whole is a derivation from the French word for horse - "cheval".
The cavalry would usually be treated as a singular entity when being referred to en masse. In that case, one would use a singular verb, eg. he wasn't coming.
So, I would suggest you used the former - "The Cavalry wasn't coming".
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The summary is this: collective nouns are treated with singular verb agreement in American English, and plural verb agreement in British English. So "the cavalry is coming" in American, "the cavalry are coming" in British English.
– Marcel Besixdouze
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The word is cavalry, from the word "cavalier" meaning a horse riding soldier. The whole is a derivation from the French word for horse - "cheval".
The cavalry would usually be treated as a singular entity when being referred to en masse. In that case, one would use a singular verb, eg. he wasn't coming.
So, I would suggest you used the former - "The Cavalry wasn't coming".
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The summary is this: collective nouns are treated with singular verb agreement in American English, and plural verb agreement in British English. So "the cavalry is coming" in American, "the cavalry are coming" in British English.
– Marcel Besixdouze
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The word is cavalry, from the word "cavalier" meaning a horse riding soldier. The whole is a derivation from the French word for horse - "cheval".
The cavalry would usually be treated as a singular entity when being referred to en masse. In that case, one would use a singular verb, eg. he wasn't coming.
So, I would suggest you used the former - "The Cavalry wasn't coming".
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The word is cavalry, from the word "cavalier" meaning a horse riding soldier. The whole is a derivation from the French word for horse - "cheval".
The cavalry would usually be treated as a singular entity when being referred to en masse. In that case, one would use a singular verb, eg. he wasn't coming.
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The summary is this: collective nouns are treated with singular verb agreement in American English, and plural verb agreement in British English. So "the cavalry is coming" in American, "the cavalry are coming" in British English.
– Marcel Besixdouze
1 hour ago
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The summary is this: collective nouns are treated with singular verb agreement in American English, and plural verb agreement in British English. So "the cavalry is coming" in American, "the cavalry are coming" in British English.
– Marcel Besixdouze
1 hour ago
The summary is this: collective nouns are treated with singular verb agreement in American English, and plural verb agreement in British English. So "the cavalry is coming" in American, "the cavalry are coming" in British English.
– Marcel Besixdouze
1 hour ago
The summary is this: collective nouns are treated with singular verb agreement in American English, and plural verb agreement in British English. So "the cavalry is coming" in American, "the cavalry are coming" in British English.
– Marcel Besixdouze
1 hour ago
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