The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #73712   Message #2764071
Posted By: Tim Leaning
11-Nov-09 - 08:52 AM
Thread Name: Collective nouns for folk music
Subject: RE: Collective nouns for folk music
"Oh dear. I'm afraid I have been sent by the British Union of Pedants to disqualify all the above examples. They are all Nouns of Assembly. A collective noun does not include a description of the elements which constitute the single element - put simply NO 'OF'. Hence Parliament is a collective noun,"
What only a collective noun?