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Sun 15 Nov, 2009 10:27 pm
Chinese student: If I have a chance to ask President Obama, I want to ask him that through media, I've learnt that the federal government of the United States have distributed a significant amount of money to the states to support their educational reform and that whether it is helpful for Chinese students who will study in the United States.
@oristarA,
Chinese student: If I have a chance to ask President Obama a question it would be: Recently the media has reported that the United States federal government has distributed a significant amount of money to the states for educational reform. I would like to know whether this will help Chinese students who study in the United States.
@Ceili,
Thank you Ceili.
But I think the word media is the form of a plural. So to follow the word, we'd use "have", rather than "has".
@oristarA,
"The media" is a singalar body in this case oristar. It is a singular body made up of many parts.
a collective noun is (i think) always singular.
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