The collective nouns for dancers are a company of dancers or a troupe of dancers. They can be called a company of Morris dancers or a troupe of Morris dancers.
The collective nouns for dancers area company of dancersa troupe of dancers
There is no standard collective noun for a group of dances.A collective noun is a word used to group people or things in a descriptive way. A collective noun is an informal part of language, any noun that suits the situation can function as a collective noun, for example, a series of dances or a program of dances.
Yes, the noun 'groups' can function as a collective noun.A collective noun is an informal part of language. Any noun that suits the context can function as a collective noun; for example:Several groups of people converged as the bus pulled up.The groups of dancers twirled around the floor.The photos were of groups of athletes standing with their trophies.
A troupe is a group of actors, singers, or dancers who work together and often travel around together, performing in different places.
You can say:"The group (of dancers) was highly recommended." or"The dancers were highly recommended."Alternatively you can say "The groups (of dancers) were highly recommended."EXPLANATIONGroup is a singular collective noun. e.g. A group of dancers.The pronoun for a group, or the group, is 'it'. Therefore -> It (the group) was highly recommended.Dancers is plural. The pronoun for 'dancers' is 'they'. Therefore ->They (the dancers) were highly recommended.'Groups' is also plural. So 'They (the groups) were recommended' would be correct.------------------------------------But the question is talking about a group (of dancers). It is easy to make the mistake of thinking about 'the group of dancers' as a plural noun phrase, but 'the group' is clearly a singular collective noun, so the verb takes the third person singular form. i.e. he, she, it was...So the correct grammar is: 'The group of dancers was highly recommended.'
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Troupe of Dancers
The collective nouns for dancers area company of dancersa troupe of dancers
There is no standard collective noun for a group of dances.A collective noun is a word used to group people or things in a descriptive way. A collective noun is an informal part of language, any noun that suits the situation can function as a collective noun, for example, a series of dances or a program of dances.
Yes, the noun 'groups' can function as a collective noun.A collective noun is an informal part of language. Any noun that suits the context can function as a collective noun; for example:Several groups of people converged as the bus pulled up.The groups of dancers twirled around the floor.The photos were of groups of athletes standing with their trophies.
A troupe is a group of actors, singers, or dancers who work together and often travel around together, performing in different places.
You can say:"The group (of dancers) was highly recommended." or"The dancers were highly recommended."Alternatively you can say "The groups (of dancers) were highly recommended."EXPLANATIONGroup is a singular collective noun. e.g. A group of dancers.The pronoun for a group, or the group, is 'it'. Therefore -> It (the group) was highly recommended.Dancers is plural. The pronoun for 'dancers' is 'they'. Therefore ->They (the dancers) were highly recommended.'Groups' is also plural. So 'They (the groups) were recommended' would be correct.------------------------------------But the question is talking about a group (of dancers). It is easy to make the mistake of thinking about 'the group of dancers' as a plural noun phrase, but 'the group' is clearly a singular collective noun, so the verb takes the third person singular form. i.e. he, she, it was...So the correct grammar is: 'The group of dancers was highly recommended.'
Morris dances are an English tradition.
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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
The noun 'troupe' is a singular, common, concrete noun; a word for a group of people or things. The noun 'troupe' functions as a collective noun for: a troupe of actors a troupe of performers a troupe of acrobats a troupe of dancers a troupe of baboons
The collective nouns for a group of dancers are a troupe of dancers or a company of dancers. The word for people in general who are dancing is dancers.