Sunday, December 15, 2019

grammatical number - When to treat 'Police' as a singular noun and a plural noun?


I have seen that in some scenarios word police is treated as a singular noun and in some other scenarios it is treated as a plural noun. I don't know the exact difference!


Can anybody provide few examples demonstrating the scenarios when the word police is treated as a singular and a plural noun?


Does it depends on the context only to treat it as plural or singular?


Consider these examples:






  • The police are blocking off the street where the accident occurred






  • A police officer is getting information from the neighbors.







  • The police department is at the corner of First and Main streets.






  • The New York police force has a special counter-terrorism squad







  • The police force is responsible for catching criminals





In the above examples, I can see the usage of 'Police' word as both singular and plural.
I need to understand the exact concept when it will be as plural or singular?




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