Studies in English Language and Literature

Collective Nouns: Thorough Study with Examples Today, let us have a brief idea about what collective noun is. Well, before that, let us remember that a noun, no matter what kind of a noun it is, is actually a nomenclature of a person or an object or of something else. In other words, we can say that a noun is a name. That is to say, for example, as and when we utter the word "dog", the picture of the mentioned domestic animal comes into our visualisation. Again, if we utter the word "sky", the endless blue canopy above our heads flashes upon our vision. So, it goes like this. There are five kinds of noun in English grammar. They are the following: 1. Common Nouns 2. Proper Nouns 3. Collective Nouns 4. Material Nouns 5. Abstract Nouns Again, in the respect of countability, there are two types of nouns. They are mentioned below: 1. Countable Nouns 2. Uncountable Nouns Well, now we shall plunge into our mentioned topic and try to explore more and eve...