The Town Council encouraged a loose association of street artists to perform during the centenary events.
No, the term 'heart association' is a singular compound noun.A collective noun is a noun used to group people or things in a descriptive way. Collective nouns are an informal part of language, any noun that suits the context can function as a collective noun, for example 'a coalition of heat associations' or 'an association of heart specialists', etc.
A collective noun is an informal part of language. Any noun that suits the situation can function as a collective noun. In the noun phrase 'a chest of cutlery', the noun 'chest' is functioning as a collective noun. The standard collective noun is 'a set of cutlery'.
A spot of leopards would work. Collective nouns are not set in concrete; any noun suitable for the context can be used as a collective noun. A noun is not inherently a collective noun; a noun is determined to be a collective noun by its use in grouping people or things. The standard collective nouns for leopards are a leap of leopards (also spelled 'leep' or 'lepe') and a keep of leopards.
An alternate collective noun for 'dust' is a layer of dust.
There is no specified collective noun for trees in a road; you might use an obstruction of trees, a hazard of trees, or a suitable noun of your choice.
No, the term 'heart association' is a singular compound noun.A collective noun is a noun used to group people or things in a descriptive way. Collective nouns are an informal part of language, any noun that suits the context can function as a collective noun, for example 'a coalition of heat associations' or 'an association of heart specialists', etc.
A collective noun is an informal part of language. Any noun that suits the situation can function as a collective noun. In the noun phrase 'a chest of cutlery', the noun 'chest' is functioning as a collective noun. The standard collective noun is 'a set of cutlery'.
A collective noun is a noun used for a group of people or things. The noun 'group' is a generic collective noun which can be used for anything.The only standard collective noun use of the noun 'group' is a group of guinea pigs.
The noun 'year' can be used as a collective noun, for example a year of unexpected events, a year of disasters, etc. A noun used as a collective noun is not an inherent quality of the noun, a collective noun is determined by the use of the noun. We use the noun 'bunch' as a collective noun, a bunch of grapes, a bunch of bananas; but "He stuffed his jacket in a bunch into his locker." is not using 'bunch' as a collective noun, it is simply the object of the preposition 'in'; or the example of a table of contents, and "Put the books on the table.", one use of the noun 'table' is a collective noun and one is not. It is true that some nouns lend themselves to use as a collective noun and some are so commonly used as to be the accepted as the standard as a collective noun. Simply, a collective noun is a noun used to group two or more people or things in a descriptive way.
A spot of leopards would work. Collective nouns are not set in concrete; any noun suitable for the context can be used as a collective noun. A noun is not inherently a collective noun; a noun is determined to be a collective noun by its use in grouping people or things. The standard collective nouns for leopards are a leap of leopards (also spelled 'leep' or 'lepe') and a keep of leopards.
An alternate collective noun for 'dust' is a layer of dust.
There is no specific collective noun for pages, in which case a collective noun suitable for the situation is used a sheaf of pages (borrowed from a sheaf of papers), a book of pages, or in a theater setting, a staff of pages.
The collective noun 'staff' is used for a staff of workers or a staff of employees.
Yes, the word 'loaves' is a collective noun for loaves of bread.
Since the compound noun 'flying saucers' has no collective noun of its own, you can borrow the collective noun for planes: a fleet of flying saucers. You could borrow the collective noun for dishes (saucers): a set of flying saucers. Or, you can use a word of your own choosing. When a noun becomes commonly used as a collective noun for something, that noun becomes 'the' collective noun for that noun.
There is no collective noun for 'vegans', in which case, you use a noun that is appropriate for the situation for a group of vegans; how about a crop of vegans.
The only guide for collective nouns is that it should be a noun. Collective nouns can be functional (a herd, a team, a bushel) or collective nouns can be fanciful (a murder, a flamboyance, an embarrassment). But the thing about collective nouns is that they are artifacts of language, there are no real rules. You may use the 'accepted' collective noun or you may use a noun that seems suitable (or expressive) to you.