Classification of Nouns: Collective Noun

Mass (Non-countable) Noun
a word (such as school or flock) that names a group of people or things.

In other words collective nouns are generic group names. It is neither classified as male (masculine) or female (feminine) for it incorporates the two genders. All words that points at a group of a specific kind, may it be people, animal or object, are called collective nouns. In another perspective, you may define collective noun as a 'collection' of people, animals and objects.

For a better grasp of collective nouns, here's a chart of some collective nouns that you might encounter.

*Take note that collective nouns are a collection, while quantifiers counts mass nouns. Do not confuse the terms used as quantifiers and as collective nouns.

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