Singular/Plural

Hi Natalli,

It is usually countable.

E.g: There were crowds of shoppers in the street.

But sometimes it means ordinary people, not unusual in any way.(as in your sentence)

E.g: He wanted to go unnoticed, to be one of the crowd.

Hope it helps,

Iman

Thanks Iman

But what about the Auxillary Verb "are" which is used with the countable Noun "crowd

Hi,

I wonder if it must be "crowds".

Let see what others say.

Cheers,

Iman

Personally, I would say "the crowd is/was standing in front of the statue." "The crowd are..." sounds strange to me.

Thank you Dear khoff,

But since it's countable, can we add plural "s" to it?

Regards,

Iman

Well I also thought a lot, because it is usaually said Crowd is/was not were/are...

Anyways thanks a lot

imantaghaviThank you Dear khoff,
But since it's countable, can we add plural "s" to it?

Regards,
Iman

Iman but I think it'll sound odd when we say "crowds"

hmmm....

Dear Natalli,

Just look at the following example.It's dirictly abstracted from Longman Contemporary Dictionary:

There were crowds of shoppers in the street.

I'd appreciate any help to this,

Regards,

Iman

imantaghaviDear Natalli,
Just look at the following example.It's dirictly abstracted from Longman Contemporary Dictionary:
There were crowds of shoppers in the street.

I'd appreciate any help to this,
Regards,
Iman

Oh I see...I would also be grateful if someone clarifies this..

Regards

Nata...

Natalli.But what about the Auxillary Verb "are" which is used with the countable Noun "crowd"?
Can we say Crowd are?

Hi, Natalie,

If you hear someone say: Some people in the crowd are shouting. Are - is the correct verb but not an aux verb. Aux verbs ( should, will, could, can, and might, e