collective noun in English
What these two would-be grammar gurus are talking about here is mass nouns, not collective nouns .
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1. Befuddle is also a collective noun
2. Difference Between Common noun and Collective Noun Definition
3. Constabulary is a collective noun and usually has no plural
4. The collective noun for the creatures, is a ‘flotilla’ of Bluebottles
5. The collective noun for the creatures, is a ‘flotilla’ of Bluebottles
6. Army: a group of hippopotami; for full appreciation of this irregular collective noun a lyrical pronunciation of hippopotArmy is needed.
7. CBC Aboriginal changes name to CBC Indigenous A collective noun for the original inhabitants of Canada has been a challenge ever since Christopher Columbus arrived …
8. Of course a collective noun can be pluralized: You can say, "Of the three Audiences we have had at our concerts, one audience booed us off the stage and two Audiences threw rocks." Just like "committee" is a collective noun, but it's quite reasonable to say, "Two new committees were formed yesterday."
9. This page shows answers to the clue Clamour.Clamour may be defined as “Clamour is the collective noun for a group of rooks” and “The USS Clamour was an American Admirable Class minesweeper of 625 tons displacement launched in 1942”
10. Cetacean is the collective noun used to describe all 90 species of whales, dolphins and porpoises. The word Cetacean has its origins in Latin (Cetus) referring to a large sea creature and Greek (Ketos) meaning whale or sea monster.
11. Comrade (n.) 1590s, "one who shares the same room," hence "a close companion," from French camarade (16c.), from Spanish camarada "chamber mate," or Italian camerata "a partner," from Latin camera "vaulted room, chamber" (see camera).In Spanish, a collective noun referring to one's company.