Basic Grammar: Group Nouns Group nouns (collective nouns) refer to a group of people, animals or things having a special relationship with one another (each other) for a particular reason: group, tribe, committee, government, pack, set, series, crowd, flock…..Group nouns like other nouns may be singular and plural: governments, sets, bunches….. Ex. the government of Cambodia the governments of Cambodia and Thailand Ex. a class of insects > few classes of insects Ex. a bunch of flowers > two bunches of flowers When you use group nouns, there is a choice of whether you use a singular verb or plural verb because a group noun itself can be singular and plural. ~Singular: when we treat the group as a whole one ~Plural: when treat the group as separate individuals Ex. The government has tried its best to deal with deported workers. Ex. The government have tried their best to deal with deported workers. (Duch Sopheak, Countryside Writer)
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