Requesting clarity on pronouns

Question

I understand that collective nouns like "team" typically take singular pronouns. However, there are exceptions when the focus shifts from the entire team to its individual members.

So A) is correct?

A) The team is fighting among themselves over the project's direction.
or
B) The team is fighting among itself over the project's direction.

Furthermore, what happens I use something like "Bakery" in a similar context. Does the below sentence reads correct?

The bakery added several kinds of bread in menu to save itself.

MartyMurray · Answer

The first version does use the correct pronoun, "themselves." However, it's not quite correct because it needs a plural verb as well.

The correct version is the following:

The team  are  fighting among  themselves  over the project's direction.

Regarding the above sentence, a bakery would not be a plural group noun because a bakery is not considered a group of individuals. So, "itself" is the correct pronoun to use with "bakery."

GmatKnightTutor · Answer

If you come across a noun such as SHEEP, try to see if the sentence gives an indication somewhere regarding its plurality.

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