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Police Find Plural Verb Difficult Job

Idx 2142
Keyword police
Sub Entry Number 1
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence The police was not able to find anything.
Correct Sentence The police were not able to find anything.
Cloze Error Sentence The police [[was]] not able to find anything.
Cloze Sentence The police [[were]] not able to find anything.
Cloze Answer were
Choices were | was
Explanation

Police is always used with a plural verb: 'The police have a very difficult job to do.'

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