Grammar in "works as cabin crew"
In the sentence "She works as cabin crew", is "cabin crew" just a short form of "a cabin crew member"? To my understanding, "crew" refers to a group of people, not an individual.
Is such expression considered correct in formal English?

Thanks.

Question

Grammar in "works as cabin crew"
In the sentence "She works as cabin crew", is "cabin crew" just a short form of "a cabin crew member"? To my understanding, "crew" refers to a group of people, not an individual.
Is such expression considered correct in formal English?

Thanks.

Answer

You're right - native speakers understand it as "She works as (part of the) cabin crew".

It's just a short form that we accept. You can't apply a grammatical rule here.

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No, as you mention, crew refers to a team of people working together. In formal English,  I would always refer to a crew member.

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