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<p>New page: In <a href="/index.php?title=English&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="English (page does not exist)">English</a> linguistics, the term &#039;&#039;&#039;collective noun&#039;&#039;&#039; is used for nouns referring to a group of people that show variable <a href="/index.php/Agreement" title="Agreement">agreement</a> (singular or plural). ===Examples=== Nouns suc...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>In [[English]] linguistics, the term '''collective noun''' is used for nouns referring to a group of people that show variable [[agreement]] (singular or plural).<br /> <br /> ===Examples===<br /> Nouns such as ''committee, family, team'' allow variable agreement:<br /> <br /> *The committtee has met and it has rejected the proposal./The committee have met and they have rejected the proposal.<br /> <br /> ===References===<br /> *Levin, Magnus. 1998. Manchester United are my team: on concord with collective nouns. ''Moderna Språk'' 92. 14-18.<br /> *Persson, Gunnar. 1989. On the semantics of colective nouns in English. In Bengt Odenstedt &amp; Gunnar Persson (eds.) ''Instead of flowers: Papers in honour of Mats Rydén.'' Stockholm: Almqvist and Wiksell, 179-188.<br /> <br /> {{dc}}<br /> [[Category:Syntax]]<br /> [[Category:Agreement]]</div>

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