The noun family is a common noun, a word for any family; and a collective noun used for any type of family, for example a family of artists, a family of doctors, a family of adventurers, etc. The family doesn't have to be related people to use the collective, it can be used for a closely knit group of people.
The common noun family becomes a proper noun when it is the name of a person, place, thing or a title; for example:
The noun 'family' is a singular, common, concrete noun; a word for a group of people; a word for a group of things.The noun 'family' can function as a collective noun as a word for a group.The word 'family' is also an adjective.
A collective noun functions in a sentence as any noun; as the subject of a sentence or a clause or the object of a verb or a preposition. Examples:subject: A family of otters has settled under our house.object: Drew Barrymore is the current generation of a family of actors.
Family is a collective noun , referring to a basic family unit of parents and children
No, the noun 'kin' is not a collective noun.
The noun school is both a collective noun and a common noun. A common noun is a word for any person, place, or thing; school is a thing, a word for any school anywhere. A collective noun is a word to group a noun for like things; the collective noun school is used as a collective noun for a school of fish or a school of thought.
The noun staff is a singular, common, collective noun.
No, track is not a collective noun. The word track is a common, singular noun.
No, buffet is not a collective noun. The word buffet is a common, singular noun.
No, the word spacesuit is a singular, common, concrete, compound noun; but not a collective noun.
No, the noun soccer is a common, uncountable noun, a word for a sport.A collective noun is a word used to group nouns, such as a team of players.
The word 'families', the plural form of the noun 'family' is a common noun, a word for any family or families.The word 'family' (or 'families') is a collective noun for groups of people or animals, related or with something in common. Example uses:The community at Yaddo is a family of artists and writers.A family of raccoons has been living under the cabin.
A collective noun for a comb of honey.