Also, re the correctness or otherwise of your third option, you might want to read this recent thread. It takes a plural verb when it refers to the members of the group considered as individuals, as in my family are always fighting among themselves. In british usage, however, collective nouns are more often treated as plurals The government have not announced a new policy The team are playing in the test matches. Could members be omitted and just say family help each other instead
This sounds pretty unlikely to me in american english Perhaps another member can tell you whether it sounds normal in british english. I have come across this problem for many times Of the four sentences below, which one is correct As a team member, we should.as a team member, each. I want to refer to team as the team members
I made up the sentence In the absence of further context or information (which you say there is none since you made up the sentence in a vacuum) discussion seems rather limited in utility. Members list = a list of members, or a list for members Members' list = a list belonging to all members Member's list = a list belonging to one particular member. I am aware that staff members and members of the staff are both correct and mean the same
I also know that all of the and all are both correct and mean the same (except before a pronoun, case in which all of is required) Is there any problem in using any of the phrases. If the group is composed of members who collectively individually have ten years of experience i would say a group whose members have an average of (or collectively have) ten years experience The sentences would be parsed differently, too We are are (a group [of programers]) that has ten years experience. There's another way to look at this
The council is one of the nation's best. use a plural verb when thinking of the group members as individuals The council spent the entire session squabbling among themselves.
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