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Some people are of the opinion that >

(A) the police is incapable of curbing crime successfully because they have limited power.

(B) because the police have limited power, they are incapable of curbing crime successfully.

(C) the police are incapable of curbing crime successfully because they have limited power.

(D) the police, because it has limited power, is incapable of curbing crime successfully.

(E) having limited power, the police is incapable of curbing crime successfully.



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Some people are of the opinion that << the police is 04 Feb 2011, 13:21
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The police [are] so B & C left.

I'd say C even though it is wrong according to your OA :-)
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Some people are of the opinion that << the police is 05 Feb 2011, 06:20
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B and C both seems right, but I pick B because it follows the cause and effect structure, hence is clearer.
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Some people are of the opinion that << the police is 05 Feb 2011, 10:03
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B and C both seems right, but I pick B because it follows the cause and effect structure, hence is clearer.
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@andysimple, How does it follow the cause and effect structure? Can you please explain it to me...

By the way the reason why I asked this q is to ask isn't 'police' referring to a group of people? And since a group is supposed to be singular shouldn't we use a singular verb?
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Some people are of the opinion that << the police is 05 Feb 2011, 10:34
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I would like the voice the same concern. "The police" seems singular to me too.
Could someone please clarify ?

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B and C both seems right, but I pick B because it follows the cause and effect structure, hence is clearer.
@andysimple, How does it follow the cause and effect structure? Can you please explain it to me...

By the way the reason why I asked this q is to ask isn't 'police' referring to a group of people? And since a group is supposed to be singular shouldn't we use a singular verb?
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The Police, The Army and a couple more 'groups' are plural by definition.
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I know right! but the OA says it's B... We should get a good explanation on this one or we must think of this one as an exception.
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Some people are of the opinion that << the police is 07 Feb 2011, 01:36
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collective nouns (like police) are plural
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Looks like C..for some reason B looks less correct than C.



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