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The team were divided in their opinion, and thus they lost

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The team were divided in their opinion, and thus they lost [#permalink] New post   27 Dec 2020, 09:11
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Re: The team were divided in their opinion, and thus they lost [#permalink] New post   31 Dec 2020, 13:09
can you please tell me the sub and verb in the sentence?
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Re: The team were divided in their opinion, and thus they lost [#permalink] New post   31 Dec 2020, 16:02
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Well, according to this problem, we have "and thus" joining two independent clauses: "The team were divided" and "they lost." So the main subject is "the team" and the verb is "were." Now perhaps your real question is, "Would this be correct on the GMAT?" No, it would not. Although we can refer to teams as plural when we name them ("The Yankees are winning"), a team itself is not plural, so the plural verb "are" and the plural pronoun "their" are both inappropriate. To compound the trouble, this sentence uses the singular "opinion." If the team is divided, how can "they" all have one opinion?

Short version: This question needs to be thrown out.
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The team were divided in their opinion, and thus they lost [#permalink] New post   09 Jan 2021, 12:05
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Team is a collective noun and hence a singular verb must be used. The use of The team were is thus wrong IMO.

You can use "The members of the team were" but not "The team were"
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