Would you rewrite that to say, for example, "The members of my family are..." ?Annatie,
Agreed that over this side of the Pond we often use singular nouns as plurals when they refer to composites. I don't have a problem with that, though (shanks) as it's just an abbreviated reference.
I could refer to my family as a unit - "my family is very close" or I could refer to it as a composite - "my family live in a variety of different places". I suppose in the latter case I would implicitly be saying "
the members of my family", but that's unwieldy.
Sometimes it's more appropriate to refer to a company as a plural, when you want to emphasize the implicit "we" for instance.
There you go, an example of Brits
removing something not essential to understanding! Wonders never cease
