Friday, December 9, 2011

More collective nouns, please! :)

We all know that collective nouns are important in the English world. They are often used to indicate a group of people, things, animals, etc. I want to share this link with you. I think this link would be very helpful because we have a limited knowledge when it comes to collective nouns. I also found this site very entertaining. I hope that you will visit this site. Enjoy reading! :)


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11 comments:

  1. Stephanie BernardoDecember 10, 2011 at 4:01 AM

    Collective nouns are tricky especially if you are not aware of them. One way to avoid the mistake is to be familiarized with them.

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  2. Jaymico ReyesDecember 10, 2011 at 4:45 AM

    I am amazed with collective nouns for the reason that I am wondering as to where grammarians got these terms. Some terms are a bit off with the group they are referring to. An example is "school of fish". I wonder if fishes go to school under the sea. CORNY :)

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  3. Angenica F. MartirezDecember 10, 2011 at 5:51 AM

    I thought "fish" is both singular and plural in form. However, we can use "fishes" if we are talking about different species.

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  4. kyle pascualDecember 10, 2011 at 8:17 PM

    Collective nouns is really important in the English language because it helps us indicate that the thing we are modifying is in a group.

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  5. juancarlowageDecember 10, 2011 at 8:24 PM

    Collective nouns may either be singular or plural depending on their use in the sentence.

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  6. Christina CarpioDecember 11, 2011 at 4:08 AM

    Your post is very entertaining. I found this site related to Limor's post. It has the least of collective nouns.

    http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/gswithenbank/collnoun.htm

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  7. Limor Kristine TengDecember 11, 2011 at 5:12 AM

    Hi Christina. What do you mean by "It has the LEAST of collective nouns."? Does it mean "list"?

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  8. Kenneth Casey M. TapnioDecember 12, 2011 at 1:01 AM

    Kyle,

    "Collective nouns is really important in the English language because it helps us indicate that the thing we are modifying is in a group."

    Revised:

    Collective nouns are really important in the English language because they help us indicate that the thing we modify is in a group."

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  9. Nikka TolentinoDecember 12, 2011 at 5:04 AM

    This post is informative and at the same time entertaining. It is evident that there are tons of group nouns in the English world. It is noticeable that a lot of terms are given to animals.

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  10. Darwin D. DesilosDecember 12, 2011 at 5:52 AM

    Thanks for your very informative post, the website for collective nouns will surely enrich my vocabulary.

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  11. Jessica Dyan Y. BonusDecember 12, 2011 at 6:02 AM

    I suddenly remember when I printed out a list of collective nouns. I accumulated 3 pages (by 3 column) because of the list. Thanks for sharing Limor.

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