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collective noun |
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collective noun a word used to indicate a group of things, e.g. animals as in gaggle of geese, pod of whales. See Table 20. |
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If it's "a flock of swans" and "a bevy of beauties," would the collective noun be "an assemble of ballet directors"? We may have the makings of a new collective noun here. b) TEI believes the term "public" may be too narrow; it technically may not include foreign individuals or corporations; it is also a "mass or collective noun," whereas the IRS may wish to stress that it wants to interact with its "customers" on a one-on-one, individual basis. |
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