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What is the plural of audience?
audiences Audience is a collective noun. It means it's a group of people so there is no plural form. e.g. The audience was listening to the performance. The sentence is incorrect if you say: The audiences were listening to the performance. All collective nouns MUST have their own plural forms or they are NOT collective: hence, flock and flocks, team and teams, herd and herds, audience and audiences, etc. This rule helps one decide if a noun is collective or not.
What is the difference between a collective and plural noun?
A plural noun represents more than one of something. For example, 'flowers' is plural for 'flower'. Common, proper, abstract and collective nouns can all have plural forms. A collective noun is a singular (not plural) noun that represents a 'group' of things. For example, 'herd' is a collective noun for animals such as sheep and cows. Collective nouns can have plural forms; for example, 'herds' is the plural form of 'herd'.
Is wolves a collective noun?
"Wolves" is not a collective noun; it is a plural noun referring to multiple individual wolves. A collective noun for a group of wolves is "pack." Collective nouns are used to describe groups of individuals as a single entity, while "wolves" simply denotes the species in its plural form.
Is the sentence The audience were listening correct?
In American English, "audience" takes a singular verb, so the correct form would be "The audience was listening." In British English, however, collective nouns like "audience" often take a plural verb, and "The audience were listening" would be correct.
What is a Collective noun for people watching a film?
The collective noun is an audience of spectators.
What is a collective noun for people listening in a theatre?
The standard collective noun is: an audience of listeners
Is audience a collective noun?
Yes, the noun 'audience' is a standard collective noun foran audience of listeners.
Why does Wikipedia use a plural verb with a single subject such as the band were?
In American English it is standard usage to have a plural verb with a collective noun. This is not unknown in British English, but less common.
What kind of noun is audience?
The noun audience is a singular, common, noun that is used as a collective noun; for example an audience of fans.
Is the word 'audience' a noun?
Audience is a collective noun
Is telescopes a collective noun?
No, "telescopes" is not a collective noun; it is a plural noun that refers to multiple individual telescopes. A collective noun represents a group of individuals or things as a single entity, such as "team" or "flock." In contrast, "telescopes" simply denotes more than one telescope without implying a single unit.
How do you determine when to use a singular or plural verb with a collective noun?
The verb is determined by whether the collective noun is singular or plural; for example:Our herd of cattle is in the pasture.The herds of wildebeest are migrating at this time of year.A team of gymnasts is practicing this afternoon.Teams of gymnasts are competing this afternoon.
