Personnel

[Игилиша]

Здравствуйте!

У меня вопрос грамматический. Очень надеюсь, что он не будет обойдён вниманием.
С такими словами как personnel, team, government etc. в каких случаях употребляется глагол во множественном числе, а в каких всё-таки в единственном? В справочниках ответ искала и поняла, что разницы почти никакой нет. Может кто-то объяснит подоходчивее?

Заранее благодарна,
Юлия.

[Задорожний]

Она то есть. Тоже что и семья (family). Если речь идет об одном целом (т.е. команда поехала в Мадрид)тогда единственное (is). Если есть желание уточнить, что ето каждий игрок тогда - are. Но оба варианта подходят

[kanda]

Collective Nouns

Collective nouns are singular in form but indicate a collection or group of things or people.

Band
Committee
Family
Group
Team

Collective nouns can take singular or plural verbs, depending on the meaning or context. When using a collective noun as one unit, use a singular verb.

The team has a new uniform.
The group goes skiing every year.

When indicating that the members of a group are acting individually, use a plural verb.

The committee do not agree on what to do.
The family have all gone to do different things today.

Sometimes the plural form with a collective noun can sound awkward, even if it is correct. You can always rephrase the sentence.

The committee members do not agree…
The family members have…

[Olga X]

Лучше консервативно - is, и все, как использовали до внедрения дурацких американских консалтинговых вариантов.

[10-4]

Certain nouns and pronouns called collectives may take either plural or singular verbs as predicates, depending on the meaning being conveyed. If the noun or pronoun is viewed collectively as a unit or expresses an amount or measure, its verb is singular; if viewed as separate items, the verb should be plural.
Examples (correct)
About 3000 tons of oil was produced. (A quantity weighting, in all, about 3000 tons).
At this place, 10 meters of sandstone is exposed. (A single exposure).
Twenty-two grams of sample was dissolved in 20 ml of acid. (A single measurement)
Four-fifths of the country is satisfied with its health insurance. (One part of a whole)
Before 1940, less than 10% of production was from opencast mines (Again one part of a whole)
Tweny thousand US dollars is less than the real cost is (A single sum of money)
The United States protects its natural resources. (One country)
Three samples were placed on the table. (Three individual samples).
None is singular when it means no one or no thing; it is plural when means no persons or no things. Each and every are usually singular in usage.
A singular verb is common in English with a double subject if it is felt to form a whole:
Checking and stamping the forms is the job of the customs authorities.

[Игилиша]

Ой, спасибо огромное. Ясно, а главное так оперативно. Прям не ожидала.
Спасибо.