Most collective nouns in everyday speech are mundane and are not specific to one specific kind, such as the word group, which may apply to people in the phrase a group of people, but may also correctly refer to dogs in the phrase a group of dogs.ther collective nouns are specific to one kind, especially terms of venery, which are words for specific groups of animals.
Quito. We had just spent five days in the wilds of Ecuador. Now it was time to experience the countryâs capital city of Quito, a throbbing metropolis of over 2.5 million people.It is called the city of eternal spring due to the combination of its locationâjust a few clicks (16 miles south) under the equatorâplus its 9000-foot-plus altitude.t is called the city of eternal spring due to the combination of its locationâjust a few clicks (16 miles south) under the equatorâplus its 9000-foot-plus altitude.
The capital of Ecuador, Quito, lies in a central valley in the Andes Mountains, less than 20 miles above the Equator, but the high altitude of the city (2,900m or 9,350ft)ensures mild temperatures with weather similar to a European spring.