The noun 'man' in the collective sense is race or human race. The noun 'man' as an individual doesn't use a collective because the word is singular. A collective noun is used for a group of something.
The collective noun is a drift of icebergs.
No, the noun 'kin' is not a collective noun.
A collective noun is a word used to group people or things taken together as one whole. The noun 'salvation' is not commonly a collective noun. However, if a noun such as 'salvation' suits the context of a situation, it can be used as a collective noun. A collective noun is considered a collective noun as a function, not as a definition of the noun. Collective nouns are an informal part of language.
No, the word scienceis not a collective noun. However, any noun can function is as a collective noun in a suitable context without being a designated collective noun.
There is no specific collective noun for desks, in which case a collective noun appropriate for the circumstances can be used. For example:in a store: a display of desksin an office: a group of desks, a row of desksan arrangement of desks, a shipment of desks
There is no specific collective noun for desks, in which case a collective noun appropriate for the circumstances can be used. For example:in a store: a display of desksin an office: a group of desks, a row of desksan arrangement of desks, a shipment of desks
No, the noun furniture (without the 's', furniture is a non-count noun) is not a collective noun.The collective nouns for furniture are a set of furniture or a suite of furniture.
Non-count, collective
The collective noun is a clump of grass.The counter for the non-count noun 'grass' is a blade of grass, blades of grass.
A collective noun is a word used to group people or things taken together as one whole. Most nouns are not collective nouns, for example a word for a person (mother, uncle, lawyer, neighbor) and a word for a place (continent, city, island, park) are not collective nouns. Collective nouns are words for things, but not all words for things can be collective nouns, such as cat, hamburger, oxygen, money, etc. Proper nouns are not collective nouns (Napoleon, India, Coca Cola, etc.) A collective noun is considered a collective noun as a function, not as a definition of the noun. Collective nouns are an informal part of language. A collective noun is a noun used to group two or more people or things in a descriptive way.
There is no collective noun for the noun 'glass', which is a non-count noun as a word for a substance.Units of glass are things like panes of glass or shards of glass, these are called partitivenouns.The plural form of the noun 'glasses' as a word for eye wear is a binary noun, a word for something made up of two parts to make the whole. This type of 'glasses' is plural non-count noun; a shortened form of a 'pair of glasses'. There is no standard collective noun for pairs of glasses.The collective noun for 'glasses' as a word for drinking vessels is a set of glasses.
Shoal is a collective noun. It is the collective noun for fish. A shoal of fish.The collective noun is a mint of candies
Collective nouns for advice (a non-count noun) is a piece of advice, a word of advice, or a bit of advice.
No, the word advice is a common, abstract, non-count noun. The collective nouns for advice are a word of advice, a bit of advice, or a piece of advice.
The noun 'man' in the collective sense is race or human race. The noun 'man' as an individual doesn't use a collective because the word is singular. A collective noun is used for a group of something.
No, the noun farm is not a collective noun.