In article <94a6da7.0310062229.3136dd48@posting.google.com>, Rafael
Caetano <rcaetano7@yahoo.com> wrote:

> But recently I learned that "the bank are pressing me for
> repayment" is grammatical, so I don't feel confident in detecting
> Americans' bad grammar anymore. :-)

How can that be grammatically correct?  Bank is singular.

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