Collective nouns
Definition: These are names for groups of things, animals or
people, which go together, or have something in common.
For example:
A number of people in a group singing is a choir.
A number of cows in a group is a herd.
Note here that if the group word is singular then the verb following
must also be singular.
For example:
Correct – The choir was rehearsing in the chapel.
Incorrect – The choir were rehearsing in the chapel.
There may, of course, be more than one group. In which case the
verb will be plural.
The choirs were competing in the final.
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