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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 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		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).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Collective_noun (876 words)

	[CINC] Re: Pod etymology?
		Then I Googled ³collective noun word origins² http://www.campusprogram.com/reference/en/wikipedia/c/co/collective_noun.htm l A collective noun is a subject-specific word used to define a grouping of people, animals, objects or concepts.
		Collective Nouns Several collective nouns perform double, triple or even more duties.
		List of collective nouns Collective nouns sorted by subject http://www.campusprogram.com/reference/en/wikipedia/l/li/list_of_collective_ nouns_by_subject.html Collective nouns sorted by collective term http://www.campusprogram.com/reference/en/wikipedia/l/li/list_of_collective_ nouns_by_collective_term.html http://www.campusprogram.com/reference/en/wikipedia/l/li/list_of_collective_ nouns.html External Links The collection of genuine and spurious collective nouns has proved an interesting diversion for many website writers: http://www.ojohaven.com/collectives/ Hello my name is Staci and I¹m a Googleaholic.....
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	Encyclopedia: Collective noun
		Collective nouns (also known as terms of venery or nouns of assemblage) in English are subject-specific words used to define a grouping of people, animals, objects or concepts.
		The logical and linguistic term denotation is the common element in several significant pairings or distinctions, namely (in chronological order) connotation and denotation in basic semantics and literary theory; as synonymous with reference in sense and reference in philosophy; in denotational semantics and operational semantics in computer science.
		Collective noun List of collective nouns List of collective nouns by collective term A-K List of collective nouns by collective term L-Z Notes: The phrase An abomination of monks is frequently cited as a legitimate collective noun for monks.
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	Collective noun - Wikipedia
		A collective noun is a word used to define a grouping of people, animals, objects or concepts.
		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, etc) or inanimate (typically manufactured) objects (knives, spoons, keys, dinnerware, manuals, etc).
		In addition to subject-specific collective nouns, there are a number of collective nouns that deal wth specific quantities: eg.
	nostalgia.wikipedia.org /wiki/Collective_noun (760 words)

	Collective noun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Collective nouns (also known as terms of venery or nouns of assemblage) are subject-specific words used to define a grouping of people, animals, objects or concepts.
		For example, in the phrase "a pride of lions", pride is a collective noun.
		Likewise, "flock" is a generic collective noun for all sorts of flying birds.
	www.factsite.co.uk /en/wikipedia/c/co/collective_noun.html (782 words)

	Read about Collective noun at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Collective noun and learn about Collective noun here! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Collective nouns (also known as terms of venery or nouns of assemblage) in
		Many of these original collective nouns are archaic: a "harass of horses" doesn't seem to have been used much since the
		denotation of "uncertain" should not be taken to mean that the noun is categorically wrong, but only that no verification has been found (as yet) in a dictionary.
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	English collective nouns at AllExperts
		In linguistics, a collective noun is a topic-specific word used to define a grouping of people, animals, objects, or concepts.
		For this reason, there are many collective nouns that refer to animals and many of these original collective nouns are archaic: a "harras of horses" seems to have been used little since the 1400s.
		In American English, collective nouns are almost always treated as singular; one says "the team is..." See Differences between American and British English -Singular and plural for nouns.
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	[FOM] a series of grammatical confusions
		Thus there are collective nouns like ‘shoal’, ‘herd’, ‘pack’, ‘tribe’, collective nouns like ‘pair’, ‘triplet’, ‘quartet’, ‘dozen’, and plural expressions like ‘the fish’, ‘the beasts’,‘the cards’, ‘the savages’.
		It is from collective nouns of the first sort that Set Theory draws the idea of collections of objects, but the distinctive thing about those natural language terms is that they are species specific, to one degree or another, so that they each describe certain mereological sums under a certain aspect.
		One must take care about what is added to the bare ‘y is one of some apples’: clearly ‘y is one of 2 apples’ may speak about the same apples, but is more specific about their number, and ‘y is one of a pair of apples’ likewise.
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		The term in full is almost never used of microprocessor registers, for example, though symbolic names for arithmetic registers beginning in `A' derive from historical use of the term `accumulator' (and not, actually, from `arithmetic').
		This term is often used to describe the results of a research effort that were never intended to be robust, but it can be applied to commercially developed software, which displays the quality far more often than it ought to.
		Though this term is common, this use of the punched-card chad is not a good idea, as the pieces are stiff and have sharp corners that could injure the eyes.
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	[thelist] Site Critique (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		It's a quirk of most impersonal nouns in English (its so long since I actively spoke another language that I can't be sure whether or not it applies in other tongues...).
		Since "Spiked" can be considered a collective term for all of the employees at Spiked, it is 'correct' to use it as a plural.
		I believe that people tend to use the former subconsciously since it is a better representation of the company as a group of people, rather than a faceless autonomous "blob".
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	PTLC: Vocabulary
		However, the state standards made several clear references to nouns (“Use singular and plural nouns appropriately in speech,” and “Use subject and verb agreement in simple sentences”) in grade 1 and had advanced to the use of proper nouns and pronouns by grade 2.
		If the sorting method, or any other protocol, is not appropriate for the type of work collected through the common assessment, the facilitator needs to help the teachers find a more suitable manner for conducting the analysis.
		Once the facilitator has collected sufficient data to demonstrate that vocabulary is no longer the area of greatest need or that teachers have adroitly adopted the vocabulary instructional strategies into their practice, the facilitator can turn to another focus area.
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	Collective noun/Talk - Wikipedia
		Many collective nouns are obscure and archaic - hence a citation from any (respectable) dictionary will be deemed to validate the term.
		And, given that we're not going to have subpages, all the subpages could conveniently live on, e.g., collective nouns sorted by subject and collective nouns for birds.
		I am reinstating the most prevalent usage of charm as a collective noun (in my neck of the woods at any case).
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	collective noun by subject (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
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		Collective nouns take singular or plural verbs depending on their meaning.
		However, a collective noun takes a plural verb when the members of the group are...
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	COLLECTIVE NOUNS FISH, INVERTEBRATES AND PLANTS Fish
		of collective nouns for fish, invertebrates, and plants.
		List of collective nouns for fish, invertebrates, and plants: Facts and details from Encyclopedia To...
		collective nouns for fish, invertebrates, and plants List of collective nouns for fish, invertebrates, and...
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	collective noun by subject i z (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Collective noun List of collective nouns List of collective nouns by subject SUBJECT...
		The Difficulty of Hiring index measures (i) whether term contracts can only be used for temporary tasks; (ii) the max 82 DOING BUSINESS IN 2005 imum duration of term contracts; and (iii) the ratio of the mandated minimum wage (or apprentice wage, if available) to the average value-added per working population.
		A country is assigned a score of 1 if term contracts can only be used for temporary tasks, and a score of 0 if term contracts can be used for any task.
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	Proto-Indo-European Syntax: Chapter 5: Syntactic Categories of PIE
		The late development of the number system in the noun is also clear from the lack of parallelism between the forms of the dual, for which only three forms developed, and the forms of the singular and plural.
		The number system, both in the noun and in the verb, came to be reduced to two categories, with eventual loss of uses and inflections corresponding to dual number, such as a distinct adjectival comparative as opposed to a positive and a superlative.
		The noun in PIE was characterized in inflection for case, gender, and number, Endings indicating these were generally added to extended forms of roots, but some root nouns are attested in the early dialects, such as forms in the Rigveda of the masculine noun
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	RoadMap
		Concept representations and organized collections of these representations are convertible to standard ontology representation languages.
		In the context of other types of collective work, such as in financial services, intelligence analysis, fiduciary reporting, compliance reporting, complex control, and biological science; the GIFT provides a means to produce a type of collective intelligence.
		Collective global analysis occurs within contexts that are implicitly (not necessarily explicitly) structured by relationships that are established when many individuals work with localized ontology.
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		Specialized public collection agencies or private enforcers are usually in a better position to collect debt.
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	WA Employment Security - Cowiche Growers 10 Wn.2d 585
		Each of the plaintiffs employs employees in receiving, washing, sorting, packing, and storing of fresh fruits as a necessary incident to the preparation of such fruits for market in their fresh or raw condition; and all of said fruits are delivered to carriers for transportation to market shortly after the completion of such services.
		The term is broader in meaning than `farming;' and while it includes the preparation of soil, the planting of seeds, the raising and harvesting of crops, and all their incidents, it also includes gardening, horticulture, viticulture, dairying, poultry, and bee raising, and more recently, `ranching."' (Italics mine.)
		From the foregoing authorities, therefore, it may be stated that the word "agriculture" is very broad in scope, that "farming" is a species of the general term "agriculture," and that the preparation of fruit on a farm for market is agricultural labor.
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		noun is a noun that names a group or collection.
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	Nascar Diecast Collectible
		Golenbock draws incredible stories from these people, nascar diecast collectible and has assembled a collection of stories that tells the tale of not only NASCAR's transformation from a regional backwater sport to an empire, but also brings to light new twists on the most dramatic stories of the sport.
		Wrap winter newborns in more than happy to the most collectible, are sorted by the early modern brides are the simple "recipes" -- not only one of flight.
		Kids and learning disabilities, the collection from everyday tasks of parishioners, is the subject areas of England, played a description, and rhinestones used include a comprehensive Fact File listing features metal crafting time of the beggar's alms, her to share these projects cut once...
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	WORDS 1.97F (LATIN-ENGLISH DICTIONARY) PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		These sorts of meanings are often conveyed in Latin by a single word, while in English one might just use live and a modifing word or phrase.
		NOUN KIND is used in trimming (when set) the output and removing possibly spurious cases (locative for a person, but preserving the vocative).
		Natus conflicts with the fourth stem of nascor (be produced/born) and the nouns and adjectives stemming from it.
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	Boids (Flocks, Herds, and Schools: a Distributed Behavioral Model)
		Collective Locomotion (1998) by Pierre Arnaud of the LAMI Collective Robotics Group.
		Schools are for Fish is a collection of participatory activities for young students to help them learn about group motion and complex systems.
		Lexicological note: in addition to common terms like flock, herd, and school, English has a rich history of specific words to describe groups of various animals, sometimes known as collective nouns or venereal terms.
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	Logic, Ontology and Language in Ancient China
		Some terms are more general than others; terms like 'dobbin' or 'horse' or 'object' might pick out the same thing.
		Hansen Chad, "Mass nouns and "A white horse is not a horse"," Philosophy East and West 26 (2): 189-209 (1976).
		The mass noun hypothesis and the part-whole analysis of the White Horse Dialogue.
	www.formalontology.it /chinese-philosophy.htm (4396 words)

	[Gramtimenews] GramTime 01:4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Spelling errors, grammatical howlers, variations to pronunciations, puns in editorial headings and the fabrication of words, by the interchange of verbs and adverbs to nouns and vice-versa, are prolific.
		As for cases of "link" used as a noun, "to" was used in 56% in the written American material and in only 14% in the British material.
		In the spoken British corpus, "to" was rare when "link" was used as a noun (only 9%) and in cases of "link" as a verb the two prepositions were almost equally frequent (few examples however!).
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	B-Level Linguistics: Essay Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Collect a representative sample from a modern dictionary.
		State the nature and limitations of your primary material: whether you use a corpus, elicited material, etc. Describe your method of collecting data as well as the advantages and/or limitations of your material.
		Define your terms and concepts and the classification of your categories and state any abbreviations you use.
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		The choice between these terms is often See: coefficient of X7 coefficient of X7 one of personal preference; e.g., some people might feel that bogosity is a fundamental attribute and thus say `coefficient of bogosity', whereas others might feel it is a combination of factors and thus say `bogosity index'.
		The proliferation of terms for this creature may illustrate one subtle peril of iconic interfaces.
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