Conversation started Jun 13, 2014 at 16:44.
Anonymous
Jun 13, 2014 16:44
> a separate team of [ experts [ who are especially appointed for this purpose of providing personalized assistance and guidance ] ]
Anonymous
> a separate [ team (of experts) [ which is especially appointed for this purpose of providing personalized assistance and guidance ] ]
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
That's what I was thinking about, I think.
Though I didn't know exactly what I was thinking about. :)
Anonymous
It is true that team isn't always treated as singular, but we don't need to demonstrate that for this particular example.
Anonymous
We can always demonstrate it anyway. Some corpus examples from BNC:
Anonymous
> His team were booed off at Vicarage Road after their eighth game without a win.
Anonymous
Jun 13, 2014 16:47
> On the day that Dalglish left Anfield, the team were three points clear at the top and in the fifth round of the FA Cup.
Anonymous
> This is the first time UEFA has banned a Dutch club, but two years ago the national team were ordered to replay a European Championship qualifying match behind closed doors after Cyprus's goalkeeper had been struck by a firework.
Anonymous
> She was living with her boyfriend as she had for the last eight years and the hospital team were quite happy to talk to him about the proposed care plan for her.
Anonymous
> At that time it was not realised that the investigating team were already in possession of the evidence necessary to determine the cause of the accident and it was entirely fortuitous that the body that was removed from under the pathologist's nose was not one containing vital evidence.
Anonymous
And so on.
 
Conversation ended Jun 13, 2014 at 16:49.