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Carsten Raddatz

I see this more and more often over the last few years. I've come to accept this. TL;DR This is fine, style changes.

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if you focus on the individuals within the group each doing their own thing, use plural verbs (team are, team have). Like in, “The team are eating at different restaurants tonight.” This rule isn’t just for “team” but applies to other collective nouns such as family, committee, or staff. So, whether a team is singular or plural comes down to your perspective on the action being described.
in reply to Rainer "friendica" Sokoll

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Andrea Borgia

Answer courtesy of chatgpt:

British English Note:
In informal or conversational British English, collective nouns like "team" can sometimes be treated as plural when the speaker views the group as individuals acting together (e.g., "The team are wearing their new jerseys"). However, even in British English, the singular is preferred in more formal business writing.

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