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THOTA KRISHNA Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Collective Nouns

Hi There,

Are there universal rules for Collective Nouns: Team, Batch. Jury, Committee,etc? Is the explanation given in (URL removed by mod) for the use of Collective Nouns satisfactory? If not, how should they be used?

Regards,
T.Krishna
  

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That explanation is more germane to British English, and it seems satisfactory. Most collective nouns are treated invariably as singular nouns in American English. CJ

  • That explanation is more germane to British English, and it seems satisfactory.
  • Most collective nouns are treated invariably as singular nouns in American English.
  • CJ
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That explanation is more germane to British English, and it seems satisfactory.

Most collective nouns are treated invariably as singular nouns in American English.

CJ

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