Collective Nouns Sample Clauses

Collective Nouns. Some nouns are singular in form but plural in meaning. They are called collective nouns and include such words as team, class, committee, crowd, and crew. These nouns may take either a singular or plural verb; if you are thinking of the group as a unit, use a singular verb; if you are thinking of the individual members of the group, use a plural verb. When referring to a group as a single unit, a singular verb is used. The public is… The family is… The class is demanding… When referring to a group's members as individuals, a plural verb is used. The committee fight among themselves. The student body are talking with each other. The class are writing.
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Collective Nouns. Some nouns that are singular in form name a group of people or things: class, family, team, group, flock, for example. These nouns are called collective nouns.
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Collective Nouns. Use a singular verb with a collective noun, such as team, family, class, union, army, committee. Example: My family loves to go bowling every weekend.
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Collective Nouns. Finally, the last common error in Pronoun Antecedent Agreement occurs with Collective Nouns. A collective noun is a word that usually identifies a group of people, but the noun itself is considered singular: team, committee, squad, family, organization, group, etc.
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Collective Nouns. Collective nouns like family, government, team, audience, and committee take either a singular verb or a plural verb. We use a singular verb if we are thinking of the group as a whole. 1) The family has (has/have) lived here for over a hundred years. ⮚ We use a plural verb if we are thinking of the group as a number of individual people:
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Collective Nouns. This is a group of people or things that act as ONE unit, so these nouns take a singular verb. Our team Society The government  exists for us.  needs to participate. 
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Collective Nouns. A word that refers to each individual in a group (e.g., everybody, everyone, each) takes a singular verb and singular pronoun.
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