English question, please help?

2012-10-31 5:02 am
My family were in Australia.
My family was in Australia.

My family goes shopping every Friday.
My family go shopping every Friday.

The police was here.
The police were here.

Which ones are correct? Thank you.

回答 (2)

2012-10-31 8:58 am
✔ 最佳答案
My family was in Australia.

My family goes shopping every Friday.

The police was here.

Family and police are considered a single unit or subject since they are one group of people. But if it was "families and police cops" it would be "were" and "go".
參考: Native speaker
2012-10-31 12:05 pm
Was
Goes
Were


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