Practice: Collective, Uncountable and Other Confusing Nouns
Collective Nouns
For each of the following words, select singular in front of the word if it is normally singular, plural if it is normally plural or SP if it can go either way in roughly equal proportions depending on the phrase in which it appears. For help with this topic, see Chapter 10 of Working With Words, 9e.
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10.21
1. association
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B.
C.
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10.22
2. commission
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B.
C.
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10.23
3. committee
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B.
C.
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10.24
4. corporation
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B.
C.
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10.25
5. council
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C.
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10.26
6. couple
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B.
C.
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10.27
7. faculty
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B.
C.
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10.28
8. few
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B.
C.
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10.29
9. jury
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B.
C.
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10.30
10. little
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B.
C.
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10.31
11. most
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B.
C.
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10.32
12. number
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B.
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10.33
13. panel
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10.34
14. percent
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B.
C.
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10.35
15. remainder
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C.
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10.36
16. several
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C.
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10.37
17. total
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B.
C.
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Uncountable Nouns
For each of the following, select singular if the word is always singular, plural always plural or SP if it can be either one depending on the context. For help with this topic, see Chapter 10 of Working With Words, 9e.
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10.38
18. athletics
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B.
C.
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10.39
19. ethics
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B.
C.
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10.40
20. mathematics
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B.
C.
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10.41
21. measles
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B.
C.
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10.42
22. mumps
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B.
C.
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10.43
23. news
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B.
C.
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10.44
24. pliers
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B.
C.
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10.45
25. politics
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B.
C.
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10.46
26. scissors
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B.
C.
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Other Confusing Nouns
For each of the following, select singular in front of the word if it is always singular, plural if it is always plural or SP if it can be either one depending on the context. For help with this topic, see Chapter 10 of Working With Words, 9e.