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Sentence #2847804

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 Dejo Dejo November 14, 2013 November 14, 2013 at 3:02:39 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

I usuallly use "police" in the singular and that is why I added it. Here's a quote from a BBC English learning site:
" ... when we are talking about the police, the army, the navy, we can use plural or singular. "
Here is the whole article which was prompted by a question whether "The United States" is singular or plural.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservi...r/page51.shtml

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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #2847799Kial la polico estas ĉi tie?.

Why is the police here?

added by Dejo, November 14, 2013
➜ #2847799Kial la polico estas ĉi tie?

linked by Dejo, November 14, 2013
➜ #4121000Зошто е полицијата тука?

linked by Lepotdeterre, April 27, 2015
➜ #4231837

linked by duran, May 28, 2015
➜ #4231837

unlinked by Horus, June 1, 2015
➜ #1282414Neden polis burada?

linked by Horus, June 1, 2015
➜ #6550121Por que a polícia está aqui?

linked by heo598, December 10, 2017
➜ #11455413なぜ警察がここにいるのか？

linked by MrJuice, January 13, 2023
➜ #2937743Miksi poliisit ovat täällä?

linked by Johannes_S, July 13, 2023
➜ #12506831Pro quo li policie es ci?

linked by mak, June 14, 2024