Because it would sound ridiculous, as if the committee were sitting on one chair, or casting one vote for all the members.
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Because it would sound ridiculous, as if the committee were sitting on one chair, or casting one vote for all the members.
Because it would sound ridiculous, as if the committee were sitting on one chair, or casting one vote for all the members.
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The jury gave its decision.
now here we have 'its' .....
1.The jury made its decision.
The speaker is seeing the jury as a single entity, because a jury gives a collective opinion, a single finding as to guilt or innocence.
n here i suppose jury weren't sitting on one chair
n here i suppose jury weren't sitting on one chair
The committee decided the matter without leaving their seats.
Do you suggest that it should be 'without leaving its seat'?
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