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Originally Posted by Damien
Really? I've always used it as a plural. It's a collection of people and departments. I thought it was like a team where we traditionally refer to them as a plural (Arsenal are) whereas it's more American to refer to them as a singular (Arsenal is).
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Conversationally, you often hear corporate entities referred to as plural, but the correct usage is singular. A corporate entity is a singular thing, even if it comprises more than one person.
The petitioner has set out text which he intended to be taken as a formal proposition (the resignation of the PM and his Chancellor) and his sentence construction attempts to reflect that formal tone. Under those circumstances, especially as he complains about having his intelligence insulted, correct spelling and grammar shouldn't be too much to ask.
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Off topic comments removed. Please don't try to play the rules, it won't end well.