Corporations are viewed as collective nouns to be used with plural verbs, where as "group" is a collective noun that is treated as singular. I can't think of a

Corporations are viewed as collective nouns to be used with plural verbs, where as "group" is a collective noun that is treated as singular. I can't think of a context in which I'd use a plural verb with it, but I can think of dozens of such nouns that I would. You can say "The group is complying. They have an obligation." without it sounding awkward, however. Something about formal, notional and situational agreement[0]. The "they" explanation just helped bridge the gap in my mind. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_American_and_British_English#Formal_and_notional_agreement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_American_and_Bri...