Nouns

In English there is a group of nouns which despite their singular form they stand for collection. Below you can find a list of examples of such nouns.


These nouns can be used with verbs in plural and singular. In the last case we refer to the collection as a whole.

My family consists of 5 people.
My family are always quarrelling with one another.

The crew of this ship is too numerous.
The crew were all wondering about the deck.