Question

the indian team was badly defeated. in sentenc grammatical or notional

Answer 1

The answer is grammatical.

The given sentence is an example of a grammatical sentence.

Explanation:

A notional sentence is a sentence that is based only on imagination and not on facts. Notional concepts exist only theoretically in the form of ideas or suggestions, but not in reality. However, the message conveyed in the given sentence is a fact and hence cannot be notional.

Answer 2

The sentence is an example of notional agreement.

'Team' is a collective noun but the linking verb 'was' is singular.

Notional agreement in English grammar refers to agreement of verbs with their subjects and of pronouns with their antecedent nouns based on meaning instead of grammatical form. It is also known as synesis, semantic agreement or logical agreement.

Some common cases of notional agreement involve:

a. Collective nouns for example, family.

b. Plural expressions of quantity for example, five years.

c. Plural proper nouns for example, United States.

d. Some compound units with 'and' for example, bed and breakfast.