Bunch of chaos.

To me, a ‘bunch’ conjures up cut flowers tied with a ribbon for sale. Although of different colours and varieties, flowers are often mixed randomly— which might be called chaos. I have heard ‘confusion’ used as a collective word for flowers. (A confusion of flowers.) Since ‘chaos’ is an uncountable noun, it can be read as plural.

Thank you for answering. Why would we use 'bunch' with an uncountable noun?

I suppose it has more literary appeal than 'a colourful chaos'.

But the grammar usage is not correct, is it? That's what I want to know.

Agreed. The rules of grammar fail to justify it.

I concur with @wilpeter's first comment and would add (1) "Bunch of colorful chaos" is not an ordinary expression in American English. (2) You can use "bunch" with an uncountable noun, e.g. "There's a bunch of stuff in your locker." (3) The sentence in question can be taken to use "bunch" as a synonym for "a large group of," which I think is acceptable usage, and I therefore do not think that the

spur011The sentence in question can be taken to use "bunch" as a synonym for "a large group of," which I think is acceptable usage

There are people who do that, but, it's poor use of English. There seems to be a fashion for misusing the word "bunch" to mean a lot of something.

I disagree that it is a poor usage of English. It is universal (at least in America), and my Webster's Collegiate does not indicate that the usage in in any way substandard.

I grew up in England, where most people speak English. One of my early memories was of a song that has survived at least seventy years since. I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts. Flowers are sold in bunches still. It doesn't take many bananas to make a bunch either. In order that the English language, variations of which are used in many parts of the world, continues to flourish, new uses for