Thread: Not happy with "The staff are happy" OR "The staff is happy"
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Default Not happy with "The staff are happy" OR "The staff is happy"
In English UK Word 2007, all those examples are flagged. The transition from
English US to English UK is not correct for either UK or US!"

Terry Farrell

"Mari Broman Olsen" Mari Broman wrote in
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Here's what I see on Word 2007

Staff is happy. [Correctly not flagged]
The staff are happy. [Correctly flagged]
The staff is happy. [Correctly not flagged]
A staff is happy. [Correctly not flagged]

What's the issue?

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