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Collective noun - Definition of Collective noun at Dictionary.com a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms, and translation of Collective noun. Look it up now! ... collective noun n. A noun that denotes a collection of persons or things regarded as a unit.
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Because people behave as both herd animals and solitary creatures, collective nouns can be either singular or plural, depending on context. In writing, this double status often causes agreement errors. How do you tell if a collective noun is singular or plural?
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Collective noun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In linguistics, a collective noun is a word used to define a group of objects, where "objects" can be people, animals, emotions, inanimate things, concepts, or other things. For example, in the phra...
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List of collective nouns by subject A-H - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Entertaining and annotated listing of collective nouns such as 'a murder of crows' and 'a pomposity of professors'. ... A collective of nouns (-suggested by Bruce Crichton, rainbow1@jax-inter.net-)
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Java Games: Matching, concentration, word search, and flashcards ... Match the animal with its group name. ... Copy this to my account...
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I don't know of any good collective noun for a bunch of geeks. But I think we need one! So what should it be? Fire away in the comments ... What can be geekier than a specific qualifying collective noun?
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A collective noun is a noun naming a group of things, animals, or persons. You could count the individual members of the group, but you usually think of the group as a whole is generally as one unit. You need to be able to recognise collective nouns in order to maintain subject-verb agreement.
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collective noun - 170 definitions - Collective noun used in conjunction with builders and other manual labourers whose pants are gravitationally ch... ... collective noun isn't defined yet, but these are close:
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