Is car a proper or collective noun?

Answer 1

No, there are a number of appropriate collective nouns for cars, depending on the context:

• a row of cars
• a line of cars
• a lot of cars
• a truckload of cars
• a fleet of cars

Answer 2

The noun 'car' is a common noun, a singular, concrete noun, a word for any car of any kind.

A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, or thing; for example:

• Car Street, La Crosse, WI or Car Street, Youngstown, OH
• Cable Car Coffee Shop, South San Francisco, CA
• Car and Driver Magazine

A collective noun is a word used to group people or things taken together as one whole.

The collective noun for cars is:

• a fleet of cars

Answer 3

The noun 'car' is a singular, common, concrete noun, a general word for a type of motor vehicle, a word for a thing.

A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, or thing. A proper noun for the common noun 'car' is the name of a specific car; for example, Ford, Honda, Mini Cooper, etc.

A collective noun is a word used to group people or things taken together as one whole in a descriptive way. The collective noun for the noun 'car' is a fleet of cars.