A number of words like army, company, crowd, fleet, government, majority, mess,
number, pack, and party may refer either to a single entity or the members of the set
composing it. If the latter meaning is intended, the word (though singular in form)
may be treated as if it were a plural, in that it may take a plural verb and be
replaced with a plural pronoun: the government are considering their
position (alternatively the government is considering its position). See synesis.
