Subject-Verb Agreement with Collective Nouns

Very Easy Standard English Conventions Conventions Of Usage

Read the following sentence and identify the error in the use of standard English conventions.

The committee have decided to postpone the meeting until next week.

The committee has decided to postpone the meeting until next week.

The committees have decided to postpone the meeting until next week.

The committee having decided to postpone the meeting until next week.

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