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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
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What is the singular term for Collective Nouns?

Eg. A stalk of flower

What is the category of words that "stalk" belongs too, but is not referred to as Collective Nouns?

  

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anonymous Eg. A stalk of a flower What is the category of words that "stalk" belongs too, but is not referred to as Collective Nouns? "stalk" is the main stem of a plant.

  • anonymous Eg.
  • A stalk of a flower What is the category of words that "stalk" belongs too, but is not referred to as Collective Nouns?
  • "stalk" is the main stem of a plant.
  • It's not a collective noun.
  • It's a countable common noun.
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anonymous

Eg. A stalk of a flower

What is the category of words that "stalk" belongs too, but is not referred to as Collective Nouns?

"stalk" is the main stem of a plant. It's not a collective noun. It's a countable common noun. There is no special terminology for nouns that are not collective nouns.

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stalk is a common noun. "stalk of flower" is not a natural expression. Do you mean "bouquet of flowers"?.

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