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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.
Is the word 'audience' a noun?
Audience is a collective noun
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 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.
Is the word signals a collective noun?
No, "signals" is not a collective noun. It is a plural noun that refers to multiple instances of the word "signal." A collective noun would refer to a group of individual items or beings treated as a single unit, such as "team" or "flock."
