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The committee have made their decision. (2023)
The committee have made their decision. (2023)
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The correct form is 'The committee has made its decision.' 'Committee' is a collective noun and is treated as singular.
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The correct form is 'The committee has made its decision.' 'Committee' is a collective noun and is treated as singular.
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Step 1: Identify the subject of the sentence, which is 'the committee'.
Step 2: Understand that 'committee' is a collective noun, meaning it refers to a group acting as one unit.
Step 3: Recognize that collective nouns are treated as singular in American English.
Step 4: Change 'have' to 'has' to match the singular subject 'committee'.
Step 5: Change 'their' to 'its' to maintain singular agreement with 'committee'.
Step 6: The corrected sentence is 'The committee has made its decision.'
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