curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/learn-how-to-express-concerns/67c7171a70134feaf2f75a55.md
Listen to the audio and answer the question below.
What does Maria want to know?
If the client will change the deadline again.
Maria is not asking about the client's request.
How Bob feels about the deadline change.
Maria already knows what Bob said.
Whether James agrees with the deadline change.
Maria is not asking about James's opinion alone.
How the team members will react to the deadline change.
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In this sentence, Maria uses they to refer to the members of the team. Earlier in the conversation, she mentioned the team and used a singular verb when she said I need to understand how the team feels about the new project deadline. Now, she refers to the people individually, so she switches to they. Another example:
The committee decides on the rules. - Notice the usage of the verb in the singular to refer to the group as a whole.
They discuss the rules before making a decision. - There is a switch to emphasize the individuals in the group (the members of the committee), so the plural is used.
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