Charlie Lo
The police is...or The police are...

A quick question for you. Which of the following is correct? And why?
1. "The police is invastigating this case."
2. "The police are invastigating this case."

13 gen 2015 10:44
Commenti · 3
1

The police are investigating this case.

13 gennaio 2015
1

I think 'are' is correct because 'police' means a group of people and its verb should be plural, but I've seen the sentence like 'the police is ___' just once if I remember correctly.

 

13 gennaio 2015
1

are - police is here a collective nooun and there is no distinct plural for police (singular and plural) 

13 gennaio 2015