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	Collective noun
		Many of these original collective nouns are archaic: a "harass of horses" doesn't seem to have been used much since the 1400s.
		Some alternatives for collective nouns can be clearly traced to the evolution of pronunciation in different areas (hence a "parcel of hogs" and a "passel of hogs").
		The all-time champion collective noun is "set", for it can legitimately be used as a collective noun for a vast number of concepts (a set of ideals, plans, ambitions, principles, objectives, mathematical objects, etc) or inanimate (typically manufactured) objects (knives, spoons, keys, dinnerware, manuals, etc).
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/co/Collective_noun.html (775 words)

	Collective noun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Many of these original collective nouns are archaic: a "harass of horses" doesn't seem to have been used much since the 1400s.
		Some alternatives for collective nouns can be clearly traced to the evolution of pronunciation in different areas (hence a "parcel of hogs" and a "passel of hogs").
		The all-time champion collective noun is "set", for it can legitimately be used as a collective noun for a vast number of concepts (a set of ideals, plans, ambitions, principles, objectives, mathematical objects, etc) or inanimate (typically manufactured) objects (knives, spoons, keys, dinnerware, manuals, etc).
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/c/co/collective_noun.html (774 words)

	Why Wash Birds?
		Bird washers are much more often rebuked by the scientific establishment, who accuses them of being anthropomorphic – meaning that we should reserve our perceptions about individuality (and the resultant caring) exclusively for other humans.
		The verdict of the scientific establishment on bird washing, however it is stated, implies that birds are mostly instinctoids quite incapable of comprehending their own mortality, let alone the exigencies of human compassion.
		This perception of birds requires that the bird washers be depicted as naive romantics living in a cartoon world where birds operate by the same emotions as human beings and are thus [thankful] for our intercession.
	www.interspecies.com /pages/washbirds.html (1865 words)

	Back Translating Some Collective Nouns From English into Arabic
		Crystal (1997:69) defines a collective noun as a term which refers to "a noun [denoting] a group of entities, and which is formally differentiated from other nouns by a distinct pattern of number contrast (and in some languages, morphologically)" (emphasis his).
		Collective nouns may be defined as lexemes which denote collections or groups, of persons or objects.
		The grammatical ambivalence of many collectives with respect to the distinction of singular and plural is to be explained by the fact that a collection of objects may be regarded from one point of view as a single entity, but from another point of view as a plurality.
	www.translationdirectory.com /article1123.htm (4243 words)

	Birds
		The Hamsa is a celestial bird that is the vehicle of Indian deities, Brahma and Saraswati.
		The special birds told her that they had been sent by Guru Rinpoche and that the letter was one of recognition indicating the child was an incarnation.
		The geese were commemorated in a ritual in which, resting on purple cushions, they were paraded around the corpse of a dead dog as a reminder of their superiority to the watchdogs that had been negligent in their duty, having failed to sound the alarm.
	www.khandro.net /animal_birds.htm (3916 words)

	Finch Niche - Articles by Myra - Ethics in Aviculture
		Granted, anyone buying a bird for the fist time should do their homework first, and would, therefore, know that they weren't at fault, but alas this is rarely the case.
		This is something any bird breeder should come to expect, and therefore should never sell a related pair of birds as if they were unrelated.
		They want their birds to go to a loving home, so they can be quite picky and may ask 101 questions of the potential buyer.
	www.finchniche.com /f-ethics.mgi (3003 words)

	Subject-Verb Agreement: Collective Nouns
		Collective nouns, such as family, majority, audience, and committee are singular when they act in a collective fashion or represent one group.
		Again, the confusing noun is referred to as a singular group: even though a flock comprises many birds, we're not talking about each bird's direction of flight, but the direction of the flock as a whole.
		Because "team" refers to several individual members, it is a plural noun, and therefore requires a plural verb - "are" - as a result.
	www.800score.com /guidec4view1V1c.html (440 words)

	sociology - Goose
		True geese are medium to large birds, always (with the exception of the Néné) associated to a greater or lesser extent with water.
		There are a number of mainly southern hemisphere birds named as geese which are more correctly placed with the shelducks in the Tadorninae.
		Geese can be roasted as a whole bird, though their size precludes this preparation except for banquets and other festive meals (such as on Christmas).
	www.aboutsociology.com /sociology/Goose (608 words)

	GOOSE FACTS AND INFORMATION
		Goose (plural geese) is the general English name for a considerable number of birds, belonging to the family Anatidae.
		True geese are medium to large birds, always (with the exception of the Néné) associated to a greater or lesser extent with water.
		There are a number of mainly southern_hemisphere birds named as geese which are more correctly placed with the shelducks in the Tadorninae.
	www.palfacts.com /Goose (422 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Collective Nouns - Birds
		Collective nouns are used to describe a collection of people or items viewed as a unit.
		Generally Collective Nouns are used with singular verbs e.g.
		However, in British usage, the plural is sometimes used, generally when refering to a collection of individuals rather than a group being classed as a unit.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A12588636 (173 words)

	Collective Nouns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Collective nouns refer to groups, such ascommittee (group of people), flock, (group of birds) orherd (group of animals).
		If the subjectof your sentence is a collective noun, you need to pay special attention to subject-verb agreement.
		Use a singular verb when the collective noun represents the individualsacting as a unit.
	www.mhhe.com /mayfieldpub/tsw/coll-nou.htm (178 words)

	Collective noun Did You Mean Collective noun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Collective nouns (also known as terms of venery, veneral nouns or nouns of assemblage) in English are subject-specific words used to define a grouping of people, animals, objects or concepts.
		One author of a computer book invented some obviously joking collective nouns which systems developers could relate to, including a "bleat" of users; a "retreat" of consultants; and a "trough" of salespersons.
		Likewise, "flock" is a generic collective noun for all sorts of flying birds and also for sheep.
	www.did-you-mean.com /Collective_noun.html (895 words)

	Goose Fat -- Recommendations and Resources
		The name is now used as a generic title for collections of nursery rhymes, especially ones of a previous age.
		The official bird of the State of Hawai'i, the Nēnē is exclusively found in the wild of the islands of Mau'i, Kaua'i and Hawai'i.
		The young birds are as the male but duller brown and with less demarcation between the colours of the head and neck, and striping and barring effects are much reduced.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/63/goose-fat.html (966 words)

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		The English language is rich in words that describe groups and collections, whether things, places or living beings; a bouquet of roses, a flight of stairs, a cast of actors, and so on.
		-Helen Adams Keller (1880-1968) nide (nyde) noun A nest or brood of pheasants.
		noun A school of marine mammals, such as seals, whales, or dolphins.
	www.wordsmith.org /awad/archives/0699 (3815 words)

	Garbl's Editorial Style Manual: C -- includes capitalization
		collective nouns Collective nouns name a group or collection of people, places, things, ideas, actions or qualities, including board, class, committee, crowd, family, group, herd, jury, panel, public, orchestra, staff, team.
		Compliment is a noun or verb for "praise or a flattering remark" and "something free": The supervisor complimented the staff for a job well done.
		Always lowercase county when standing alone as a noun or used as an adjective: Population is increasing in the county.
	home.comcast.net /~garbl/stylemanual/c.htm (6833 words)

	Collective Nouns: EnchantedLearning.com
		A collective noun is a word for a group of specific items, animals or people.
		Unscramble collective nouns for horses, sheep, bees, toads, experts, goats, and soldiers.
		Match each collective noun (the name of a group of items) to the noun it relates to (for example, school --> fish, herd --> cattle).
	www.zoomschool.com /grammar/partsofspeech/nouns/collective (245 words)

	Birds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Robie Tufts' Birds of Nova Scotia has been a fixture on the bookshelves of bird lovers since the first edition was published in 1961.
		Birds, page 1, Because of this fast blood travel, a bird's body temperature is 7 or 8 degrees higher than a mans.
		Birds of Prey in Oklahoma, a virtual bird collection complete with habitat, breeding and nesting information as well as some bird sounds.
	infowide.info /q/birds.html (957 words)

	The Collective Nouns List
		If you don't know what collective nouns are, they're terms for groups of things (animals, etc.).
		Lovers of collective nouns should own James Lipton's An Exaltation of Larks, which I got for Christmas this year to my great delight.
		And of course, I encourage visitors to this site to send in their own collective nouns, or e-mail me if there are any you are looking for that you don't see on this page.
	lightning.prohosting.com /~nedriel/random/collective.html (149 words)

	Group Names Discussion from BIRDCHAT
		Subject: Re: "Group Names" James Lipton's "An Exaltation of Larks" is devoted to these collective nouns, many of which orignated as hunters' terms and have been in the language for centuries.
		Although many of the collective nouns for birds and other creatures have a certain charm, and although some of them are indeed quite old (a covey of partridges, a flock of birds), the codification of these nouns in "An Exaltation of Larks" is somewhat misleading.
		Anyone can coin some of the more fanciful "collective nouns." A few years ago there was a contest designed to expand the list, and I entered--forgive me my silliness, don't flame me!--"a schizophrenia of Hawk-Owls," "a cell of Red Phalaropes," and "a trepidation of Yellow Warblers," and more.
	baltimorebirdclub.org /gnchat.html (1328 words)

	May 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Many collective nouns for birds have sporting origins like a wisp of snipe or a spring of teal.
		However, a spokesman said many of the severely oiled birds were coated with a dried, tar-like residue that might be harder to clean with the iron powder.
		Firstly a Calandra Lark, a southern European bird was found, followed by a Short-toed lark and then a Scop’s Owl which was caught and ringed in Cotters.
	www.spd.dcu.ie /tolka/egg599.htm (839 words)

	A Murder of Crows Trivia Quiz - web3
		Of course, this is a quiz about collective nouns.
		More specifically it is about collective nouns for birds.
		I'll give you the bird (if you'll excuse the expression), you select the collective noun.
	www.sploofus.com /triviaquiz/a_murder_of_crows.html (58 words)

	B-Mail(sm): UMichBirders for Sun, 11 Feb 2007
		There was an impression in the snow right on the side of the Oakwood hospital drive of a large wing hitting the snow and an "impact" spot where a large bird obviously snagged some small prey.
		Birds: Had a noisy bunch of Robins bouncing around in the arborvitae today, but just the usuals for many days, gold and house finches, chickadee and titmouse, wb nuthatch, blue jay, junco, mourning dove, waxwings, cardinals and sundry woodpeckers.
		While it means your daughter may have to wait a bit, she should have plenty of luck.
	www.virtualbirder.com /bmail/umichbirders/200702/11/index.html (4879 words)

	Advice - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
		Boxes for tits, sparrows or starlings should be fixed two to four metres up a tree or a wall.
		Some highly territorial birds will attack windows, car external driving mirrors, hub-caps and other reflective surfaces.
		They can see their own reflection on the surface, and thinking it is an intruding male, will try to attack it to defend its territory.
	www.rspb.org.uk /birds/advice/collectivenouns/birds.asp (208 words)

	Dictionary - Nouns Nouns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Nouns are commonly thought of as "naming" words, and specifically as the names of "people, places, or things".
		Entertaining and annotated listing of collective nouns such as 'a murder of crows' and 'a pomposity of professors'.
		Possessive Nouns Name: A possessive noun is a noun that names who or what has nouns.
	www.18things.com /nouns (672 words)

	CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		In cases where a murder involves both state and federal jurisdiction, the offender can be tried and punished separately for each crime without raising issues of double jeopardy.
		Modern codifications tend to create a genus of offenses, known collectively as homicide, of which murder is the most serious species, followed by manslaughter which is less serious, and ending finally in justifiable homicide, which is not a crime at all.
		A murder is also the name given to a flock of crows or ravens (see collective nouns for birds).
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Murder (6037 words)

	egov.ca - Noun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Noun - part of a glossary of English linguistic an...
		A noun, or noun substantive, is a word or phrase that refers to a person, place, thing, event...
		A noun is a word used to name a person, animal, place, thing, and abstract idea.
	egov.ca /Noun/reference/search (292 words)

	Site Contents at the free Online Encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		List of collective nouns for fish, invertebrates, and plants
		List of collective nouns for objects and concepts
		List of collective nouns for reptiles and amphibians
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /index_189.html (141 words)

	Anne'Xed Network's Collective Nouns
		Sometimes a collective noun can be used as a plural noun.
		Examples of these collective nouns are water, money, dishwashing liquid, toilet paper, sand, soap, dirt, etc. Other collective nouns (the class, the committee, the team...) have a somewhat schizophrenic personality.
		There is no one organization or committee that decides what is officially a collective noun and what's not.
	www.annexed.net /bthree/nouns.html (242 words)

	URMATHCS: Barnett's Birding Links
		Bruce Bowman's nine-year-late entry to the Wild Bird News contest for bird-related collective nouns.
		Bird studies in the Australian National Botanic Gardens - unavailable when checked on 8/11/00.
		Bird Checklists of the United States - checklists for states and specific locations maintained by Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
	www.mathcs.richmond.edu /~lbarnett/birding/index.php (921 words)

	KidMagnet.com - The Ultimate Portal for Today's Kids
		Nouns and Pronouns - Provides information on concrete, abstract, common, proper, compound, and collective nouns.
		Interactive Quizzes - A collection of interactive multiple choice grammar and reading quizzes.
		Paul Vigay's Collection of Collective Nouns - Includes sets of collective nouns for birds, mammals, invertebrates, fish, reptiles, objects and people.
	www.kidmagnet.com /School_Time_English_Grammar.html (2081 words)

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