Parts Of Speech: Noun Types( A general overview of Nouns)

6.Collective Nouns

• Collective nouns refer to groups of people or things, e.g. audience, family, government, team, jury, or crew
• In American English, most collective nouns are treated as singular, with a singular verb:

          The whole family was at the table.

7.Plural-Only Nouns

• This is a small group of nouns that are always plural, such as trousers, boxers, headphones, belongings.
• Example: Can I borrow your headphones to listen to this song, please?

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