Ok, as being my fastest and closest online English speaking friends, I hope someone might be able to help me.
Talking about staff as in the people who work at a place, would you say
1) The staff has experience[...]
or
2) The stafff have experience[...]
Similarly, which is correct?
1) The staff is happy.
2) The staff are happy.
And,
1) The staff gave away its food.
2) The staff gave away their food.
Personally, I vote for 1) in all cases, but leaning a bit towards 2) in the third case... Google turns up many of both. Dictionary.com says "staff" is plural, which would indicate 2).
What say the crowd?
Talking about staff as in the people who work at a place, would you say
1) The staff has experience[...]
or
2) The stafff have experience[...]
Similarly, which is correct?
1) The staff is happy.
2) The staff are happy.
And,
1) The staff gave away its food.
2) The staff gave away their food.
Personally, I vote for 1) in all cases, but leaning a bit towards 2) in the third case... Google turns up many of both. Dictionary.com says "staff" is plural, which would indicate 2).
What say the crowd?
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