COLLECTIVE NOUNS
September 11, 2011
Dear Manager,
I wold be grateful if yo hellp me on the following matter.
The rose is beautiful.
The rose are beautiful.
Which is correct?
I'm broke. No credit cards.
Best regards,
Hasan Volkan
Teacher of English
Hasan Volkan
New member
2 answers 
Hasan, how can 'the rose are..' possibly be correct?
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answered Sep 11 '11 at 05:54
Mark Heyne
Contributor
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Hasan,
'Rose' is not a collective noun like army or family, so it will never take a plural verb conjugation.
"The rose is beautiful," is correct.
I hope this helps.
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answered Sep 12 '11 at 10:31
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Kimberley, you are such a very patient moderator!
Ha ha -- I do try. For me, for example, learning Spanish and especially Russian were not easy or always intuitive/logical. I've been there. So, I have a lot of patience with all learners of foreign languages.
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