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Subject: Re: [OM] Olympus OM for sale in ebay by DrT (was)
From: "Brian Swale" <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 22:38:15 +1200
> >> Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> My latest bugbear is the treatment of collective nouns as plural,
> e.g.
> >> the Cabinet are deciding.
> >
> > So we can relax a bit with apostrophe's for now ?
> >
> > ...Wayne

I detest the personification of non-human entities - eg (I'm not recalling the 
worst examples, but they go somewhat like this).

XYZ Co Ltd will recall some of their products  - instead of "recall some of its 
products".

or "government will change their plans" instead of "change its plans".

I still have not been able to recall the exact wording that most gets up my 
nose.

Brian Swale. 
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