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But they are. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/nouns-singular-and-plural https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/nou..

• OJFord 11y ago
  http://www.economist.com/style-guide/singular-or-plural http://www.economist.com/style-guide/singular-or-plural Note while 'just' a style guide, The Economist - like me - seems (note not 'seem' ;)) not to consider "Tesco" _et al_ to be collective nouns _per se_. > A government, a party, a company (whether Tesco or Marks > and Spencer) and a partnership (Skidmore, Owings & > Merrill) are all **it** and take a singular verb.