> >> Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> My latest bugbear is the treatment of collective nouns as plural,
> e.g.
> >> the Cabinet are deciding.
> >
> > So we can relax a bit with apostrophe's for now ?
> >
> > ...Wayne
I detest the personification of non-human entities - eg (I'm not recalling the
worst examples, but they go somewhat like this).
XYZ Co Ltd will recall some of their products - instead of "recall some of its
products".
or "government will change their plans" instead of "change its plans".
I still have not been able to recall the exact wording that most gets up my
nose.
Brian Swale.
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