A collective noun is a noun—such as team, committee, jury, squad, orchestra, crowd, audience, and family—that refers to a group of individuals. It is also known as a group noun. InAmerican English, collective nouns usually take singular verb forms. Collective nouns can be replaced by bo...
A crewis a term used to describe a group of sailors who work together on a ship. A sailor is someone who works on a ship, even those who work in particular support roles like the bosun, who searches for and manages equipment. So, the collective noun is 'A crew of sailors'. What t...
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Collective Nouns A collective noun denotes a group of individuals. Examples:class(group of students),pride(group of lions),crew(group of sailors) Rule: Collective nouns can be treated as singular or plural. More about this atrules of subject-verb agreement with collective nouns. ...
Smear the rest of the butter over the outside of the turkey and season with plenty of black pepper, then lay the bacon over, overlapping each rasher only slightly. Weigh the prepared turkey and calculate the cooking time: 30 minutes per kilo. A 4.5 kilo turkey will take 2 ½ hours. ...
Lucy Suchman (1987, citing Gladwin and Berreman) has described how the activity of navigation can be conceived of as a very different practice in different cultures. To illustrate this, she compares the navigation activities of European sailors -- which are said to be more plan-directed -- wi...