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Collective Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Neighbour collective or neighburs collective

Hello,

I would like to set up a neighbourhood community and have a question - which form is correct one - a neighbour collective or neighbours collective? My guess is that the first one is correct, or more adequate. Thanks in advance!

  

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"neighbour collective" doesn't sound very good to me. "neighbours' collective" would be grammatical, but then there is the issue with the apostrophe, which some people might find fussy. What about "neighbourhood collective"?

— GPY

  • "neighbour collective" doesn't sound very good to me.
  • "neighbours' collective" would be grammatical, but then there is the issue with the apostrophe, which some people might find fussy.
  • What about "neighbourhood collective"?
  • That sounds better to me.
  • g.
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"neighbour collective" doesn't sound very good to me. "neighbours' collective" would be grammatical, but then there is the issue with the apostrophe, which some people might find fussy. What about "neighbourhood collective"? That sounds better to me.

Be aware, if not already, that the word "collective" has (at least in the UK) certain political connations (e.g. may suggest left-wing acti

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collectivewhich form is correct one - a neighbour collective or neighbours collective?

Hmm. What are the neighbors going to do? Are you thinking of a neighborhood co-op (a co-operative)?

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperative

CJ

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