"Board of Directors" is a singular (one board) compound noun that takes a singular verb.
Think of it as 'a special group' of directors. The group may be large or small.
Example: "The board is meeting this afternoon. (is= singular verb)
But when talking about 'the directors', they may be large or small, or of varying sizes!
Example: "The directors are meeting this afternoon." (are = plural verb)
COMPANY / CORPORATE LAW
A company has a Board of Directors. It is clearly singular. Therefore singular verbs and singular pronouns are used when referring to 'a board' or 'the Board' of Directors.
Examples of usage:
NOTE that the verbs 'is', 'has', 'it', 'its' and 'sets' are all singular forms.
PLURAL
The plural of 'board of directors' is 'boards of directors / Boards of Directors"
Some directors may serve on a numbers of different Boardsof Directors, that is, they have directorships with more than one company.
EXAMPLES OF USAGE
The key word is 'board', the singular subject of the verb: the board was.
example: The board of directors was in conference all morning.
When using just 'the directors' as the subject: the directors were.
example: The directors were in a conference all morning.
The plural form is boards of directors.
Example: "Mr. Hamilton sits on two boards of directors."
Note: The compound noun 'board of directors' is a common noun unless it is the title of a specific board of directors; for example:
"Mr. Hamilton sits on the Abject Board of Directors and the Dismal Board of Directors."
The common noun 'board of directors' is not capitalized.
The plural form of Board of Directors is Boards of Directors. There is no apostophe. An apostrophe would be used in the possessive form, not the plural form.
No, the compound noun 'board of directors' is a common noun, a word for any board of directors of any kind.
The plural possessive form of boards of directors is boards of directors'.
Yes, that is correct.
The collective noun for directors is a board of directors.
No, because there are not 100 plural pronouns.The plural pronouns are:weusyou (can be singular or plural)theythemthesethoseouroursyour (can be singular or plural)yours (can be singular or plural)theirtheirsourselvesyourselvesthemselvesbothfewfewermanyothersseveralall (can be singular or plural)any (can be singular or plural)more (can be singular or plural)most (can be singular or plural)none (can be singular or plural)some (can be singular or plural)such (can be singular or plural)
The word zoo's is the singular possessive (refers to one zoo).The plural is zoos and the plural possessive is zoos' (e.g. The zoos' directors agreed to merge them into a single state corporation.)
Board member would be correct, as in someone who sits on a board of directors or board of management etc.
Are is plural. "Is" is singular. For example, "There is a glove on the chair". That is singular. "There are gloves on the chair". That is plural.
To form the possessive, place the apostrophe after the ending s of the plural noun directors: directors'Example: The board of directors' meeting is at two.
If it would mean a possession of the directors, an apostrophe is needed. Example: Director's office (singular) Directors' office (plural)
will board, for all persons, singular and plural.
The collective noun for directors is a board of directors.
The singular noun is citizen. The singular possessive form is citizen's.The plural noun is citizens. The plural possessive form is citizens'.Examples:You can't restrict a citizen's right to those records. (singular)All of the citizens' petitions will be reviewed by the board. (plural)
No, because there are not 100 plural pronouns.The plural pronouns are:weusyou (can be singular or plural)theythemthesethoseouroursyour (can be singular or plural)yours (can be singular or plural)theirtheirsourselvesyourselvesthemselvesbothfewfewermanyothersseveralall (can be singular or plural)any (can be singular or plural)more (can be singular or plural)most (can be singular or plural)none (can be singular or plural)some (can be singular or plural)such (can be singular or plural)
No, the treasurer of the board of directors cannot be the secretary of the board of directors in Nebraska unless it is in the acting capacity.
The secretary of the board of directors of a corporation can only be a treasurer of the board of directors in an acting capacity.
No, the secretary of the board of directors cannot be the treasurer of the board of directors in Nebraska unless on acting capacity.
As 'the board' is a unit the correct pronoun is "its".There are two different schools of thought here.UK English views "the board of directors" as beingcomprised of individuals, therefore use "are".US English views "the board of directors" as beinga singular unit and therefore uses "is".That's as close as I can come, as it's been WAYtoo many years since I actually remembered all this stuff.
practitioner is singular (plural practitioners)sofa is singular (plural sofas)satellite is singular (plural satellites)clips is plural (singular clip)dentist is singular (plural dentists)dollars is plural (singular dollar)article is singular (plural articles)magazines is plural (singular magazine)laminator is singular (laminators is plural)radios is plural (singular radio)
Board directors and board members may sit on the same board. However, members do not have a power of veto, and the board of directors does.