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English Grammar- What is the correct pronoun to refer to 'family'?

Asked by robdamel (791points) June 2nd, 2011

The sentence:

My family isnĀ“t cooking this month because ______ eating out.

Is the correct pronoun for the blank ‘they are’ or ‘it is’ eating out?

What confuses me is that we use ‘is’ for family, but when referring to them, we use ‘they are’?

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