Statement about collective nouns in English

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Collective nouns, such as family, team, and company are singular.   The pronoun that would refer to these particular nouns is "it."  A speaker may change to "they" but the speakers would be referring to family members, players, or employees. One would right, "A spokesperson for the company announced that it is profitable."

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Bonsoir Mary Anne,
Here is a reply from Aurélie dated 6 May 2016 that may provide more insight:
«When talking in a general context, French people would use the term la police rather than la gendarmerie, as such:
La police va arrêter le criminel.
​Actually, as a French speaker, I find that la gendarmerie refers more to the station than the people. 
​In this case, we would rather use les gendarmes when talking about them, so the following answer is also correct:​
​Les gendarmes vont arrêter le criminel.»
I do agree with your observation:  «my family, yes, they are well. . »  My guess is that you are from the US based on your choice of pronouns in these examples.  I am unaware of how other English speaking countries speak using pronouns in discussing these subjects.  
A very good point.

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Yes.  I am from the US.  Interesting.   I think we would say, "The family is good.  The complement of a verb of "being" is a predicate adjective.  "The food is good; the movie was good."

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Being English, I would agree that we should say ‘the family is’, ‘the management wants’ etc, but many people do make the mistake of using the plural verb. However, I also agree that you could answer ‘they are well’, referring to the family members, when asked ‘how’s the family’.

BUT - I think it’s a grave mistake for Kwizical/Lawless French to say ‘the family are’! I’m not being overly pedantic, I think.

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I can't believe I wrote "right" when I meant "write."  Oh , dear!