Here's why:
* Collective nouns represent a group of individuals. While a meeting is made up of people, we refer to it as a single entity.
* We use singular verbs with collective nouns when we think of the group as a unit. For example: "The meeting is scheduled for tomorrow."
* We use plural verbs with collective nouns when we focus on the individual members of the group. For example: "The meeting are all disagreeing on the new policy."
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