A collective noun is plural when the group acts as a unit (i.e., "The team lost their fourth game in a row.").
True or false?
Incorrect. When it is a unit it is singular. Team lost its game.
true
The answer is false. 100% false.
The answer is False
False.
A collective noun is actually singular when referring to a group acting as a unit. Therefore, the correct sentence would be "The team lost its fourth game in a row".
To determine this, you need to consider whether the collective noun is being used in a singular or plural sense. In this case, "team" is a collective noun, and when it is acting as a single entity, it is treated as singular. In this context, you should use "its" instead of "their" to maintain subject-verb agreement.