doi:10.1111/1467-968X.12086Silva NurmioDublin Institute for Advanced StudiesJohn Wiley & Sons, LtdTransactions of the Philological SocietyNurmio, Silva. 2016. Collective nouns in Welsh: A noun category or a plural allomorph?
can be either singular or plural, but more often tends toward plural, emphasizing the members of the group. Collective nouns in the US, by comparison, are always singular, emphasizing the group as one whole entity.在英式英语中,集合名词(比如committee, government, team等等)作为单数和复数都是可以...
2. Collective nounA noun used to refer to a group of individuals, animals, or things as a single unit is called a collective noun. It shows a grouping of similar things. Collective nouns are a type of singular noun, but they represent a plurality of items. Some collective noun examples ...
Examples: Collective nouns in a sentence Thepartywill have to rethink its strategy to win the next election. Aflockofsheepis crossing the road, delaying motorists. The Beatlesbroke up when Paul McCartney quit theband. Table of contents
A collective noun describes a group of things or people as a unit (e.g., family, flock, audience, etc.) Here is a list of some common collective nouns: A choir of singers. A colony of ants. A committee of directors, lawyers, managers, etc. A crowd of people. A fleet of ships....
"Venereal noun:A noun denoting a collection of persons or things regarded as a unit, defining them throughword play..." Nouns of "Multitude" The notion of collective nouns dates back centuries. Willam Cobbet noted in 1818: "Nouns of number, or multitudes, such asMob, Parliament, Rabble, ...
What is a collective noun? The wordcollectivemeans “of or characteristic of a group of individuals taken together.” Acollective nounis a noun that appears singular in formal shape but denotes a group of persons or objects. The wordsarmy,flock, andbunchare all examples ofcollective nouns.These...
It has been found that singular concord is the preferred choice in over eighty percent of instances. It has also been demonstrated that convention rather than semantic/ pragmatic motivation plays a crucial role in concord patterns with collective nouns, with individual collective nouns showing their ...
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A COLLABORATION OF COLLECTIVE NOUNS ; New words for modern phenomena ++ Last week, we invited readers to suggest new words to boost the English language's dwindling supply of collective nouns. Michael McCarthy and James Dean introduce your best offerings. Illustrations: Bill Ledger...