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  1. Staff vs. staffs - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Jan 22, 2021 · Shall I interpret "staffs" as different groups of staffers, just like "foods" mean different types of food, and in this context meaning one staff (group of employees) for each of the …

  2. grammatical number - What is the plural of "staff"? - English Language ...

    Jun 20, 2016 · Staffs, when you're talking about the staff of Office A and the staff of Office B. If you are talking about the kind of staff that Gandalf carries, the plural is staves, which is a word I've always liked.

  3. grammatical number - Does "staff" take a plural verb? - English ...

    Sep 21, 2010 · 5 Staff (when meaning a group of employees) is a collective noun with no plural. So, it's "our staff do good work". When referring to a group of sticks, it's "staffs" in American English and …

  4. 'Staff' or 'Staffs' | UsingEnglish.com ESL Forum

    Jan 17, 2008 · Note 2: For staff in the sense of "a body of employees", the plural is always staffs; otherwise, both staffs and staves are acceptable, except in compounds; such as flagstaffs. The stave …

  5. Plural of "staff" (stick) — "staffs" or "staves"? [closed]

    16 For staff in the sense of "a body of employees", the plural is always staff; otherwise, both staffs and staves are acceptable, except in compounds, such as flagstaffs. Staves is rare in North America …

  6. Staff "are" or staff "is" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Feb 21, 2019 · Which is correct in the following example? "The following staff are/is (?) absent today: John Doe Jane Doe Bob Doe"

  7. When to use “staffers” vs “staff”? - English Language & Usage ...

    Jul 28, 2020 · A staff is a group of persons under command and control of a single person or an aggregate of persons who operate as a unit. A staffer is one member of a staff. Complexity comes …

  8. staff vs staffs | UsingEnglish.com ESL Forum

    Apr 29, 2014 · When discussing more than one establishment, staff is countable provided that each staff refers to one establishment's employees. Confusing the issue further, the countable noun staff …

  9. differences - The whole staff vs all the staff - English Language ...

    Mar 8, 2021 · As indicated by this NGram (if you toggle between American and British corpuses), explicitly singular the whole staff was never used much in BrE - and in the past couple of decades, …

  10. Which is correct when using the word staff? [duplicate]

    Mar 29, 2018 · Which sentence is correct? Call center staff receive the information, or call center staff receives the information? I would consider the use of the word Staff as plural in this usage case.