Most collective nouns, or "terms of venery," were coined during the 15th century. ... 50. Hastiness of Cooks. According to Lipton, the terms above "are authentic and authoritative.

Collective nouns are singular in form, “a team,” but refer to a group of two or more people or things. In other words, they’re singular and plural at the same time.

Variously idiosyncratic, intriguing and often unerringly apt in their descriptions of gatherings of birds, animals and people a damning of jurors, an incredulity of cuckolds — most of the collective ...

Collective nouns are singular in form, “a team,” but refer to a group of two or more people or things. In other words, they’re singular and plural at the same time.

Nouns and verbs must “agree” in English. ... frequently comes into play when the subject is a collective noun like crowd, which is singular in form but refers to more than one person.

Collective nouns are most frequently used in the animal kingdom: A pride of lions. A murder of crows. A shrewdness of apes. A sounder of boars. A rabble of butterflies. A drunkship of cobblers. A ...