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Welcome to this tutorial.

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Today we're going to talk about connective nouns.

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Let's get started

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now a collective noun is used to refer to an entire group of people animals or things.

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Therefore it includes more than one member.

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Have a look at the example over here my family is very big.

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The word family in this sentence is a collective noun and it is referring to an entire group of people

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a collective noun can refer to several things a people such as family class committee staff etc. be

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animals a pack of dogs swarm of flies herd of horses a litter of puppies etc. see things pack set bunch

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stack etc..

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Now remember that when the members within one group behave in the same manner they are part of a collective.

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Now does this noun become singular and requires a singular verb as in the example below every day the

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football team follows its code out to the field for practice.

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Note that the members in this football team behave in the same manner

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and when the members are acting as individuals the collective noun is plural and requires a plural verb.

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Now in many cases it may sound more natural to make the subject plural informed by adding words like

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members mates etc. Have a look at the example below after the practice.

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The team meets shower change into their casual clothes and head to their homes.

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Note that the members of this group are acting as individuals.

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They are showering changing to their casual clothes and heading to their homes.

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Individually.