1. Individual noun: (individual noun) refers to an individual in a certain kind of person or thing, such as a gun, a book, a pen, etc.
1. has a singular form, such as:
1). Bag-bag 2). Bench-Bench 3). Piano.-Piano
4). Country-Country 5). Thief-thief
2. Use articles or plural numbers to represent species: for example, horses are useful animals.
1). The horse is a useful animal.
2) A horse is a useful animal.
3) Horses are useful animals.
Second, collective noun: a collection of several individuals.
1. When "family (family), class (stratum), group (group), team (army), government (government),
Enemy, club, population, audience, public, country,
When collective noun, such as the crew and the Committee, is used as the whole subject table, the predicate is singular; Table member, predicate is plural:
Our football team was founded by $ TERM last year. Our football team was established last semester.
Our football team is resting under the tree. Our football players are resting under the tree.
The Committee includes members from five countries. The Committee includes members from five countries.
The Committee is divided.
Our government is a government for the people. Our government is for the people.
6) The government is honest and hardworking. Government officials are honest and diligent.
The audience was deeply moved.
8). The audience wore all kinds of clothes, some in suits and some in jeans.
The audience wore different clothes, some in suits and some in jeans.
The family who lives upstairs likes music.
His extended family broke up in the war.
Note: When collective noun is a member of the antecedent list, use "who" to guide the attributive clause; Use "which" to guide attributive clauses when expressing the whole.
2. When collective noun takes "human, public, crowd, majority and enemy" as the subject,
Predicate verbs can be singular or plural:
1). Humans are smart animals. Man is a clever animal.
2). Human beings have been making progress. Mankind has made and is making progress.
The public wants to know: Why didn't any measures be taken to end the strike?
The public wants to know why no measures have been taken to end the strike.
4) The public is the best judge. The public is the best judge.
There is a group of people in the park.
6). Most people are against it. Most people object.
3. "People (people), police (police), cattle (cattle), people (people), youth (young people) and individuals (all staff)"
Collective noun and so on represent the concept of complex numbers. As the subject, the predicate verb should be in the plural form:
1) People are talking about news. People are talking about the news.
The police are chasing a robber. The police are chasing a robber.
Cattle are grazing on the hillside. Cattle are grazing on the hillside.
4). Our youth is all loyalty to our motherland. We young people are all loyal to our motherland.
Note: (People, police and cattle cannot be used with "one or one")
1). A person: not a person (but a person); Two people: two people/two people
2). A policeman: you can't call the police (but you can call the police); Two policemen/two policemen/two policemen
3). A cow: it can't be said to be a cow (but it can be said to be a cow); Two cows: two cows.
4. "Clothing, equipment, furniture, jewelry, luggage" and so on.
Collective noun itself has only a singular form: (when it is the subject, the predicate verb should be in a singular form) ("pieces of" is used in the plural).
1). Clothes are as necessary to us as food. Clothes and food are as essential as we are.
Many of her jewels are missing. Many of her jewels were lost.
Some furniture was lost when we moved.
I have just been informed that four pieces of my luggage have arrived.
I have just been informed that four pieces of my luggage have arrived.
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