A collective noun is a word used to group people or things taken together as one whole in a descriptive way. A collective noun is an informal part of language. A collective noun can be a noun that describes a group effectively or a noun that describes a group in a fanciful way.
There are many collective nouns that have become standardized with use over time but it is not necessary to use a standardized collective noun, any noun that is suitable for a given situation can be used. The only rules that apply to collective nouns are the general rules of good grammar. Some examples are:
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. There are three types of compound nouns:
A collective noun is a word used to group people or things taken together as one whole. Some examples are:
A mass noun (or uncountable) is word for something that is not divisible into countable units. There are different kinds of mass nouns, for example:
A plural noun is a word for two or more people or things:
A collective noun is a noun used to group people or things in a descriptive way.
Examples of collective nouns:
a choir of angels
a fleet of taxis
a herd of buffalo
a crew of sailors
a bunch of grapes
A compound noun is a noun formed by joining two or more words to form a noun with a meaning of its own.
Examples of compound nouns:
airplane
bathtub
football
egg beater
six-pack
The collective noun is a drift of icebergs.
No, the noun 'kin' is not a collective noun.
A collective noun is a word used to group people or things taken together as one whole. The noun 'salvation' is not commonly a collective noun. However, if a noun such as 'salvation' suits the context of a situation, it can be used as a collective noun. A collective noun is considered a collective noun as a function, not as a definition of the noun. Collective nouns are an informal part of language.
No, the word scienceis not a collective noun. However, any noun can function is as a collective noun in a suitable context without being a designated collective noun.
The collective noun is a community of families. The noun 'community' is functioning as a collective noun.
There is no collective noun for flesh. However, I have heard 'a pound of flesh' and 'a mass of flesh'.
The collective noun is a stock of goods.
mass
There is no specific collective noun for the noun thunderbolts, in which case a noun suitable for the situation is used, for example a series of thunderbolts, a mass of thunderbolts, a bundle of thunderbolts, etc.
A general collective noun for churchgoers is a congregation of worshipers. There are a few individual collective nouns for churchgoers, for example: an immersion of Baptists a mass of Catholics a book of Mormons
There is no standard collective noun for a group of meals or a quantity of meal (a mass noun for grain).Collective nouns are an informal part of language; any noun that suits the situation can function as a collective noun; for example:a series of mealsa smorgasbord of mealsa sack of meala bowl of meal
There is no standard collective noun for a group of meals or a quantity of meal (a mass noun for grain).Collective nouns are an informal part of language; any noun that suits the situation can function as a collective noun; for example:a series of mealsa smorgasbord of mealsa sack of meala bowl of meal
No, the noun 'grass' is not a collective noun.The noun 'grass' is a common, concrete, uncountable (mass) noun; a word for a thing.A collective noun is a word used to group people or things in a descriptive way; for example, a tuft of grass or a field of grass.
The collective nouns for priests are:a pontification of priestsa mass of priestsa discretion of priestsa superfluity of priests
The standard collective noun beginning with 't' is a tuft of grass.The noun 'grass' is an uncountable (mass) noun. The plural form 'grasses' is a word for 'types of' or 'kinds of' grass.
Shoal is a collective noun. It is the collective noun for fish. A shoal of fish.The collective noun is a mint of candies
A collective noun is a word used to group people or things in a descriptive way. In the noun phrase 'a pile of grass', the noun pile is functioning as a collective noun.