User blog comment:12th Supernova/The flip side/@comment-2109035-20140326144647/@comment-2109035-20140326205021

Family is singular, whereas families is plural. Otherwise we'd say "those family" or "many family". As such, "the family was" is singular, and "the families were" is plural.

I hereby declare this blog Grammar Nazi territory. ( -__-)7


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