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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Herd
0 My daughter is in 5th Grade and just got her "Zebra" report back. Her teacher took points off because she used the term "herd of zebra." The teacher claims that it should be herds of zebraS. Can someone point me to a specific grammar rule to dispute this? Thank you very much! 0-
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0 01 b 00 Hi... i just looked for the word in the Cambridge International Dictionary.. 02 br 01 font 00 a herd of cattle 02 br 00 a herd of elephants 02 br 00 a herd of goats 02 br 02 br 00 Notice that "herd" it is not pluralized....
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- i just looked for the word in the Cambridge International Dictionary..
- 02 br 01 font 00 a herd of cattle 02 br 00 a herd of elephants 02 br 00 a herd of goats 02 br 02 br 00 Notice that "herd" it is not pluralized....
- Maybe the teacher was confused 02 br 02 font 02 b 00 0-
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0 01 b 00 Hi... i just looked for the word in the Cambridge International Dictionary.. here it goes... 02 br
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00 Herd 01 i 00 n 02 i 00 [C + sing/pl v] a large group of animals of the same type that live and feed together. 02 br
01 font 00 a herd of cattle 02 br
00 a herd of elephants
00 According to this... 02 br
00 Herd 01 i 00 n 02 i 00 [C + sing/pl v] a large group of animals of the same type that live and feed together. 02 br
01 font 00 a herd of cattle 02 br
00 a herd of elephants
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0 No, the teacher cites the same usage as your examples. Elephants and goats are plural - 01 i 00 herd of zebras 02 i 00 , 01 i 00 02 i 00 with 01 i 00 zebras 02 i 00 plural as well. 02 br
00 A pod of whales (not whale) or school of porpoises (not porpoise). 0-
00 A pod of whales (not whale) or school of porpoises (not porpoise). 0-
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0 Hi, 02 br
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00 I don't know of a specific rule. I think it's just a matter of what is common usage. 02 br
02 br
00 The optional use of the singular seems to be for wild animals. We don't say 'a herd of cow' or 'a herd of horse'. 02 br
02 br
00 You could try hitting the teacher with this info from Google. You can see that 01 b 00 zebra
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00 I don't know of a specific rule. I think it's just a matter of what is common usage. 02 br
02 br
00 The optional use of the singular seems to be for wild animals. We don't say 'a herd of cow' or 'a herd of horse'. 02 br
02 br
00 You could try hitting the teacher with this info from Google. You can see that 01 b 00 zebra
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