Link:http://output.to/sideway/default.asp?qno=161200104 Grammar Part of Speech Noun Collective Noun List Type Quantifying
List of Collective
Quantifying Nouns:
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By type of container collectively
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Basket
- a basket of eggs
- a basket of flowers
- a basket of bread
- a basket of fruit
- Box
- a box of books
- a box of candy
- a box of matches
- a box of soap
- Cup
- a cup of coffee
- a cup of soup
- a cup of tea
- Bag
- Barrel
- Bottle
- Can
- Carton
- Crate
- Keg
- Pack
- Packet
- Sack
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By shape of arrangement collectively
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Heap
- a heap of ashes
- a heap of blankets
- a heap of bones
- a heap of leaves
- a heap of rubble
- a heap of thing
- Pile
- a pile of bills
- a pile of bodies
- a pile of bricks
- a pile of rocks
- a pile of rubbish
- a pile of wood
- a pile of money
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By quality of measurement collectively
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Fluid
- Pint
- a pint of beer, blood, gas , milk, oil, wine
- Gallon
- a gallon of beer
- Quart
- a quart of beer
- Liter
- a liter of beer
- Litre
- a litre of beer
- Size
- Foot
- a foot of cloth, concrete, material, wire
- Inch
- a inch of cloth
- Yard
- a yard of cloth
- Meter
- a meter of cloth
- Metre
- a metre of cloth
- Weight of small amount
- Ounce
- an ounce of butter, cheese, flour, gold
- an ounce of grown-up character
- Pound
- a pound of butter
- Gram
- a gram of butter
- Kilo
- a kilo of butter
- Kilogram
- a kilogram of butter
- Weight of large amount
- Ton
- a ton of aluminium. bricks, ore, sewage
- tons of songs
- Tonne
- a tonne of aluminium
- By an approximated numeral quantity collectively
- Hundreds
- Hundreds of times
- Thousands
- Millions
- Dozens
- Scores
- By a descriptive large quantity collectively
- Load
- a load of fuel
- a load of garbage
- a load of junk
- a load of money
- a load of stuff
- Loads
- loads of friends
- loads of money
- loads of things
- loads of work
- Mass
- a mass of blood
- a mass of detail
- a mass of material
- a mass of stuff
- Masses
- masses of homework
- masses of money
- masses of people
- By a descriptive quantity collectively
- Bowlful
- Hundreds of times
- Earful
- Fistful
- Handful
- a handful of people
- Mouthful
- Pocketful
- Spoonful
- Teaspoonful
- one teaspoonful of olive oil
- By a related qunatity collectively
- Pair
- a pair of arms
- a pair of eyes
- a pair glasses
- a pare of groves
- a pair of hands
- a pair of pants
- a pair of pliers
- a pair of scissors
- a pair of shoes
- a pair of socks
- Couple
- a couple of days
- a couple ofbabies
- a couple of ballons
- a couple of boys
- a couple of examples
- a couple of hours
- a couple of kids
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