Collective nouns are an essential part of language. While we may not use them as often in our daily conversations, we did memorise some of them in school. From a pack of cards to a litter of puppies, ...

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The couple is going to purchase the house? Or the couple are going to purchase the house? Even after all my years of editing, I can still get tripped up trying to make verbs agree with collective ...

Do you know the ridiculous term for a group of jellyfish? Find out here. We all have our favourites. A flush of fungi. A bask of crocodiles. A charm of finches. And a superfluity of nuns – well, maybe ...

Although they’ve been common parlance since the Middle Ages, the meaning of many collective nouns for people or professions are not always as obvious as they might first appear. For instance, many may ...

What is a group of ravens called? A conspiracy or an unkindness are the traditional collective nouns for a flock of ravens, ...

The legacy of a 15th-Century noblewoman lives on in the form of collective nouns used to describe groups of animals across the world. “Do you know what those are called?” the safari guide at ...

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A cavity of Collingwood fans, a scrape of cyclists, an inferno of tobacco shops — this is Melbourne’s hypothetical list of 100 collective nouns. But what if we could have a yakka of tradies, an ...