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Collective nouns can disrupt university staff rooms during lunch time. " My family is away" or "My family are away?" ( Decisions Decisions...)
A collective noun is just that; it collects many subjects into a common one, and since a family can be counted as 1 subject using the word "family", a singular verb should be used.
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