"Please be aware that the staff at blah blah blah are armed and may use whatever force necessary to protect our students."
How's that? The pic posting here always kicks my ass
Ugh, one of those collective nouns that cause no end of debate about whether a singular verb, or a plural verb, is correct for usage with such a noun. "The staff... are armed..." as opposed to "The staff... is armed..."? If the staff is considered an entity all working toward the same end, it'd be singular; if the staff is composed of individuals all performing different tasks, the noun would be plural. In this case, I wonder if the verb should be "is".
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