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what do you mean by collective noun

The term collective nouns refers to a noun which is refers to a group of nouns. The nouns can be people, places or things. Some collective nouns are non-specific and can refer to any noun (e.g. group: group of people, group of photographs, group of chairs), and some can refer to only one thing (e.g. a pride of lions.
Example:
The teacher brought in a bunch of books for us to look at.
    The grandmother fed her grandson a whole pile of cookies.
Flock of birds,Swarm of bees,School of fishes etc.


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