Sunday 12 September 2021

Simple Things: Intermediate Between Conscious Beings And Institutions

Halliday & Matthiessen (1999: 193):
Human collectives: intermediate between conscious beings and institutions. These can function as Senser in figures of sensing of all kinds, including those embodying desideration; but they accept either singular or plural pronouns, and if singular pronominalise with it (e.g. the family says it is united / the family say they are united).