Is a collective noun a noun?

Answer 1

No, the word soldiers is the plural form for the singular noun soldier. Some collective nouns for soldiers are:

• an army of soldiers
• a battalion of soldiers
• a brigade of soldiers
• a company of soldiers
• a regiment of soldiers
• a troop of soldiers

Answer 2

Yes, the word 'collection' is a noun, a word for an accumulation of things; a word for a group of something gathered; a word for a group of works of art or literature; a word for a thing.

Answer 3

No, the word 'collects' is a verb; the third person, singular of the verb to collect.

The verb to 'collect' means to gather or to accumulate; a word for an action.

The noun forms of the verb to collect are collector, collection, collective, and the gerund, collecting.