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I noticed an instance where a collective noun had were after it rather than was. I.e "Apple were the largest NASDAQ company" rather than "Apple was the largest NASDAQ company". This is typical of British English[1].

[1] http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/words/matching-verbs-to...



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