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I think it is an usage specific to the UK. Use of a plural verb after a singular noun denoting a group of persons (known as a noun of multitude) is common
by steamboiler 16y ago
I think it is an usage specific to the UK.
Use of a plural verb after a singular noun denoting a group of
persons (known as a noun of multitude) is commoner in the U.K. than
in the U.S. Fowler wrote: "The Cabinet is divided is better,
because in the order of thought a whole must precede division; and
The Cabinet are agreed is better, because it takes two or more
to agree."
Taken from: http://alt-usage-english.org/groupnames.html http://alt-usage-english.org/groupnames.html