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A collective noun is a word used to group people or things in a descriptive way. Some examples (in bold) are:
- a staff of employees
- a flock of pigeons
- a bouquet of flowers
- a bank of elevators
A non-count noun is a noun for something that can't be counted, words for substances or aggregates of something. Some examples are:
- aluminum
- milk
- education
- news
Units of an uncountable noun uses a partitive noun (also called a noun counter) to define number or quantity. Some examples (in bold) are:
- a set of luggage
- a piece of advice
- a cup of flour
- a yard of concrete
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Give you AA list of countable and uncontable nouns?
list of countable and uncontable nouns?
What are the 9 kinds of noun?
Kinds of Nouns:singular and plural nouns common and proper nounsabstract and concrete nounspossessive nounscollective nounscompound nounscount and non-count (mass) nounsgerunds (verbal nouns)material nouns
Can you give me an example of noun counters in a sentence?
If you are referring to countable nouns, those are nouns that have a plural. Book, girl, school, horse... these all can be counted. Five books. Twenty girls. Three schools. Two horses. But some nouns have no plural. They are called non-countable (or non-count) nouns. "Information" and "research" are two examples.
What are some examples of non collective noun?
Oh, dude, non-collective nouns are like those loners in the noun world. They're just single entities, you know, no squad to roll with. Examples include "chair," "book," and "banana." They're like the solo artists of the noun universe, doing their own thing without needing a group name.
What are the other names of countable noun and uncountable noun?
The countable nouns are nouns with a singularand a plural form.The uncountable nouns are also called mass nouns.
What is the collective noun of hunting?
There is no collective noun for the noun 'hunting', an uncountable noun, an aggregate noun (a word representing an indefinite number of elements or parts).A collective noun is a word used to group people or things taken together as one whole. Collective nouns are used to group plural, countable nouns, for example a group of hunters or a flight of ducks.
What is the noun for the collective noun collection?
There is no specific collective noun for "collective nouns." However, I have seen a list of collective nouns and a page of collective nouns.
What are some example sentences using countable nouns?
Countable in math may not mean the same thing as countable in English. Do you remember the Partridge-in-a-Pear-Tree song? The nouns following the numbers are mathematically countable.
what is the collective nouns for savages?
what is the collective nouns for savages?
What are some examples of non collective?
A collective noun is a word used to group people or things taken together as one whole. Most nouns are not collective nouns, for example a word for a person (mother, uncle, lawyer, neighbor) and a word for a place (continent, city, island, park) are not collective nouns. Collective nouns are words for things, but not all words for things can be collective nouns, such as cat, hamburger, oxygen, money, etc. Proper nouns are not collective nouns (Napoleon, India, Coca Cola, etc.) A collective noun is considered a collective noun as a function, not as a definition of the noun. Collective nouns are an informal part of language. A collective noun is a noun used to group two or more people or things in a descriptive way.
What is the Collective noun for Collective noun?
There is no specific collective noun for "collective nouns." However, I have seen a list of collective nouns and a page of collective nouns.
Examples of countable nouns?
chicken,fish,pizza,apple,cheese,maccaroni are examples for countable nouns
