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Grammatical and real number
With grammatically singular nouns that refer to more than one person or thing, the choice of pronoun is normally singular il or elle:
- Quant au gouvernement, il ne prendra jamais les mesures qui s'imposent
As for the government, they will never take the necessary steps
- Le comité va-t-il élire un nouveau président?
Will the committee elect a new chairperson?
- En ce qui concerne l'équipe française, on peut dire qu'elle est en grande forme en ce moment
As for the French team, they are currently on top form
Once you've mastered this lesson, take a look at these related pages: Possessive determiners, Omission of the article, Adverbs ending in —ment derived from the masculine form of an adjective & How to use Have.
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