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Essay on The Collective Noun by Sophie Johnson Traditionally the noun that names a collective is considered to be singular Being singular the verbial that denotes its act is also singular 1 The family prays every evening 2 Australia is playing against Portugal in the final round 3 The government...

nq 1 on 18 Dec 2003 nq nq 2 Alex a more useful answer to your question is although there are 100 fathers there s only one number nq nq 1 Wouldn t it be even clearer and more useful to say that the indefinite article a is always used with a a prefix that binds the variables in a logical formula...

on 18 Dec 2003 nq 2 Victory has a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan Could anyone tell me why hundreds fathers is accompanied with a in this wonderful phrase nq nq 1 Alex a more useful answer to your question is that the indefinate article a is qualifying the number hundred although there...