Date: 2003-11-17 11:15 am (UTC)
I'm not Gwyn, nor do I play her on tv, but --

A collective noun takes a singular - "the board is meeting", though you would say "Members of the board are meeting".

Think of it like a baseball team - "the team is excited about our chances", not "the team are excited about our chances" - even though it is a team of players, a group of people.
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