We can use singular or plural verbs with many collective nouns, Pamela, and government is one of these. Singular and plural forms are often mixed as are the pronouns that refer back to the nouns in ...

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All the while I was looking over my libro I was saying in my mind, I know I’m going to bok, and I know where. I think Dylan sang, when you got nothing you got nothing to lose; and having nothing to ...