| 释义 |
collective noun‘文法’集合名词(如audience, crowd, committee, cattle等)‘惯用法’集合名词用以指整个团体时接单数动词, 用以指构成团体之个体时接复数动词, 如:The orchestra was playing. The orchestra have all gone home.集合名词不可在同一词句中既作单数又作复数使用, 因是故:The family is determined to press its (not their) claim |