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It is written in the online Cambridge Dictionary:

England have definitely been the weaker side in the first half of the game.

While Grammarly.com corrected the sentence to:

England has definitely been the weaker side in the first half of the game.

Which version is the correct one?

Tasneem ZH
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    You may find the answer in this [question](https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/119545/country-have-vs-country-has) on ELL, which is a duplicate of another similar one. – Tasneem ZH Mar 26 '19 at 19:17
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    See e.g. *[Is “staff” singular or plural?](https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/201939/)*. This simply boils down to whether you interpret *England* to be plural (as representing the members of the team) or singular (the team as a unitary whole). Nowadays, American English almost always treats collective nouns as singular. – choster Mar 26 '19 at 19:17
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    This question comes up about twice a week. – Michael Harvey Mar 26 '19 at 19:35

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