Collective Nouns

yaitu noun yang mengekspresikan kumpulan orang atau binatang
biasanya bentuk dari singular (ex; congress, organization, goverment, family, team, group, army, majority, minority, commitee, club, class, public) sehingga verb yang mengikuti dalam bentuk singular

• The majority believes that we are in danger 
• The committee is having a meeting now
• The crowd was wild with excitement
• Congress has initiated a new plan
• The organization has lost many members this year
• Our team is going to win

tapi jika noun diikuti oleh plural noun maka verb yang mengikutinya harus dalam bentuk plural

• The majority of the students have not submitted their paper

Berikut beberapa collective nouns yang biasa mengekspresikan sekelompok hewan dan verb yang digunakan juga harus dalam bentuk singular verb, antara lain
- flock of birds, sheep
- herd of cattle
- pack of dogs
- school of fish
- pride of lions

example;

• The flock of birds is circling overhead 
• The heard of cattle is breaking away
• A school of fish is being attacked by a shark

Berikut beberapa collective noun yang mengindikasikan waktu, uang, dan pengukuran seluruhnya selalu dalam bentuk singular misalnya

• Twenty dollars is too much for a shirt like that
• Fifteen minutes is not enough
• Two kilometers is too far for him