Cell phones are recent enough that a specific collective noun has not come into common use. When there is no collective noun, a noun that suits the circumstances is used. If it becomes used regularly and commonly, it eventually becomes 'the collective noun'.
Since the industry is bent on customers constantly upgrading, a person may have a series of cell phones; a person may have a number of cell phones for different purposes, a variety of cell phones; an electronics department would have a selection of cell phones.
Contributors have offered 'an exchange of cell phones', 'a ring of cell phones, and 'an annoyance of cell phones', and I would throw in 'a one upsmanship of cell phones'.
A collective noun becomes a collective noun when it becomes the most commonly used term for something.
There is no specific collective noun for phones, in which case a noun suitable for the situation can be used, for example, a collection of phones, a network of phones, an annoyance of phones, etc.
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Shoal is a collective noun. It is the collective noun for fish. A shoal of fish.The collective noun is a mint of candies
What is collective pronoun for yam
no it is not a collective noun
No it is not a collective noun.
No, games is not a collective noun. The collective noun for games is 'a compendium of games'.
The phone number of the Richmond Art Collective is: 510-236-1401.
There is no standard collective noun for the noun 'hand phone' (cell or cordless phone). Hand phones are recent enough that a specific collective noun has not come into common use. When there is no standard collective noun, a noun that suits the circumstances is used. If it becomes used regularly and commonly, it eventually becomes 'the collective noun'. Since the industry is bent on customers constantly upgrading, a person may have a series of hand phones; a person may have a number of phones for different purposes, a variety of hand phones; an electronics department would have a selection of hand phones. A collective noun becomes a collective noun when it becomes the most commonly used term for something.
There is no specific collective noun for "collective nouns." However, I have seen a list of collective nouns and a page of collective nouns.
There is no specific collective noun for "collective nouns." However, I have seen a list of collective nouns and a page of collective nouns.
Shoal is a collective noun. It is the collective noun for fish. A shoal of fish.The collective noun is a mint of candies
What is collective pronoun for yam
no it is not a collective noun
"Collective" in Tagalog can be translated as "kolektibo" or "samahan."
No it is not a collective noun.
octagon is collective
octagon is collective
Animal Collective was created in 1999.