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Collective nouns are treated as singular, but has exceptions?

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Collective nouns are treated as singular, but has exceptions? [#permalink] New post   02 Aug 2016, 13:56
I ve recently found that collective nouns like "cattle" and "police" are exceptions to this singular usage. What are the other exceptions? How to identify them?
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Re: Collective nouns are treated as singular, but has exceptions? [#permalink] New post   02 Aug 2016, 16:20
Adyy96 wrote:
I ve recently found that collective nouns like "cattle" and "police" are exceptions to this singular usage. What are the other exceptions? How to identify them?



GMAT is based on American usage and in GMAT collective nouns are considered singular.
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Re: Collective nouns are treated as singular, but has exceptions? [#permalink] New post   03 Aug 2016, 05:54
msk0657 yeah but recently i encountered some questions that were stated as 700+ level in Gmat club itself
The correct answer had cattle being used as plural, then i checked it on net and found there are some exceptions like cattle and police.

I need to know other exceptions if there are any and how to identify them
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Collective nouns are treated as singular, but has exceptions? [#permalink] New post   03 Aug 2016, 10:10
Adyy96 wrote:
msk0657 yeah but recently i encountered some questions that were stated as 700+ level in Gmat club itself
The correct answer had cattle being used as plural, then i checked it on net and found there are some exceptions like cattle and police.

I need to know other exceptions if there are any and how to identify them



In some rare circumstances, collective nouns can be considered plural (e.g., when you emphasize the individual actors, not their unity)...as per MGMAT.

Can you share me the questions along with options...
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Re: Collective nouns are treated as singular, but has exceptions? [#permalink] New post   07 Aug 2016, 14:13
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Adyy96 wrote:
msk0657 yeah but recently i encountered some questions that were stated as 700+ level in Gmat club itself
The correct answer had cattle being used as plural, then i checked it on net and found there are some exceptions like cattle and police.

I need to know other exceptions if there are any and how to identify them



In some rare circumstances, collective nouns can be considered plural (e.g., when you emphasize the individual actors, not their unity)...as per MGMAT.

Can you share me the questions along with options...


i dont have the question actually
i saw it on gmat club itslef
but if i get to see it again
ill post it here surely


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Re: Collective nouns are treated as singular, but has exceptions? [#permalink] New post   09 Aug 2016, 22:23
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I ve recently found that collective nouns like "cattle" and "police" are exceptions to this singular usage. What are the other exceptions? How to identify them?


These are tricky, but I can agree that "the police is coming to my house" sounds weird.

A similar word is "people."

The good news? The word on the street is that the actual GMAT is focusing more on meaning and less on English-language idioms.
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Re: Collective nouns are treated as singular, but has exceptions? [#permalink] New post   13 Aug 2016, 09:14
mcelroytutoring wrote:
Adyy96 wrote:
I ve recently found that collective nouns like "cattle" and "police" are exceptions to this singular usage. What are the other exceptions? How to identify them?


These are tricky, but I can agree that "the police is coming to my house" sounds weird.

A similar word is "people."

The good news? The word on the street is that the actual GMAT is focusing more on meaning and less on English-language idioms.


Thank you so much mate for the info :)


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Re: Collective nouns are treated as singular, but has exceptions? [#permalink] New post   20 Aug 2016, 12:35
A good example of this singular/plural noun concept is with this question
https://www.gmatpill.com/gmat-practice-t ... stion/2409

View the commentary for some more details
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Re: Collective nouns are treated as singular, but has exceptions? [#permalink] New post   22 Aug 2016, 09:53
GMATPill wrote:
A good example of this singular/plural noun concept is with this question
https://www.gmatpill.com/gmat-practice-t ... stion/2409

View the commentary for some more details



Thanks Gmatpill :)
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