Sentence Correction (SC) | Re: Despite having brought far more gear to the campground than they had

HiNarenn

you had mentioned herehttps://gmatclub.com/forum/subject-verb-agreement-pronouns-159965.html#p1268059 :
A collective or group noun identifies a single entity that is composed of more than one unit: class, team, faculty, majority, family, series, committee, audience, crowd.
Collective nouns are singular when they act as one unit.
e.g. The committee meets Friday at noon.
e.g. A majority is needed to pass the bill.

But if the context of the sentence emphasizes the individual
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