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* In Italian, collective nouns (e.g. il gruppo , ‘the group’, la squadra , ‘the squad/team’) are always followed by the singular of the verb, never the plural. 

3 When a preposition is needed before the invariable relative pronoun (e.g. if it stands for an indirect object), the form used is cui : 

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* The preposition a  can sometimes be omitted before cui . 

** The Italian for ‘the reason/reasons why’ is always la ragione / le ragioni per cui , never perché . 

4 The variable forms il quale  [ms], la quale  [fs], i quali  [mp], le quali  [fp] are used as subject, indirect object and – very rarely – as direct object. They must agree in gender and number with the noun they replace: 

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