Collective noun: is your generation an ‘it’ or a ‘they’?

Rachael Dullahide Grammar, Writing style

Both answers may be right, because the collective noun works differently for different generations. If you’re talking about recent generations, you might refer to the Baby Boomers, Generation X, Generation Y, the Millennials and Generation Z. When you do, you probably say ‘the Baby Boomers are’ but ‘Gen X is’. In other words, you probably use plural verbs/pronouns for one …