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How can students be a collective noun?
The plural noun 'students' is not a collective noun. The noun 'students' is a word for two or more people.A collective noun is a noun used to group people or things in a descriptive way.The standard collective noun for 'students' is a class of students.
How collective nouns is in The final report of the committee was submitted to the board.?
The sentence contains no collective nouns. A collective noun is a function of a noun, not a characteristic inherent in a noun. The noun committee and the noun board are often used as collective nouns (a committee of members and a board of directors), but not in this sentence.
What is the opposite of collective noun?
The opposite of a collective noun is a noun for a single person or thing. A collective noun is a word used to group a noun for two or more people or things; a singular noun does not form a group (or collection).
What is the collective noun for echidna?
one echidna / two or more echidnas There is no specific collective noun for echidnas.
What is the collective noun for hundreds of sailors?
The collective noun for 'sailors' is a crew of sailors, whether there are two sailors or hundreds of sailors.
What is the collective noun for suites of rooms?
The collective noun is a suite of rooms.The plural form for two or more is suites of rooms.
What is the collective noun a piece of furniture?
There is no collective noun for a single piece. A collective noun is a word used to group two or more people or things taken together as one whole in a descriptive way. The collective noun for a group of furniture is a suite of furniture.
What is collective noun for missionary?
Shoal is a collective noun. It is the collective noun for fish. A shoal of fish.The collective noun is a mint of candies
Is puppies a collective noun?
No, the noun 'puppies' is a plural noun, a word for two or more baby or young dogs.A collective noun is a noun used to group people or things in a descriptive way.The collective noun for a group of young dogs is a litter of puppies.
Is orchetsra a compound or collective?
The noun 'orchestra' is not a compound noun. A compound noun is a word made of two or more individual words that merge to form a noun with a meaning of its own. The noun 'orchestra' is sometimes used as a collective noun as 'an orchestra of musicians'. A collective noun is a function of a noun, not a form of a noun.
Is the word one an collective noun?
No, the noun 'one' is a singular, common noun. A collective noun is a word used to group people or things taken together as one whole in a descriptive way. Examples: a crowd of people (the noun 'crowd' is the collective noun) a herd of cattle (the noun 'herd' is the collective noun) a bouquet of flowers (the noun 'bouquet' is the collective noun) The noun 'one' can't be used to group two or more people or things.
Is year a collective noun?
The noun 'year' can be used as a collective noun, for example a year of unexpected events, a year of disasters, etc. A noun used as a collective noun is not an inherent quality of the noun, a collective noun is determined by the use of the noun. We use the noun 'bunch' as a collective noun, a bunch of grapes, a bunch of bananas; but "He stuffed his jacket in a bunch into his locker." is not using 'bunch' as a collective noun, it is simply the object of the preposition 'in'; or the example of a table of contents, and "Put the books on the table.", one use of the noun 'table' is a collective noun and one is not. It is true that some nouns lend themselves to use as a collective noun and some are so commonly used as to be the accepted as the standard as a collective noun. Simply, a collective noun is a noun used to group two or more people or things in a descriptive way.
