Collective noun

//kəˌlɛk.tɪv ˈnaʊn//

"Collective noun" in a Sentence (2 examples)

A hundred, a thousand, few, many, are to be considered as collective nouns, and distinguished as such, by the singular article.

British English tends more than American English to have plural agreement with collective nouns.

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