Angry Orchard's David Sipes Gets Samuel Adams to Try Cider. PORTLAND, Ore. ( TheStreet) -- When you grab a pint in almost any of New England's pubs, cider sits right beside stouts and lagers as a drink of choice. It's not a beer substitute, it's not there just for beer haters or vegans -- it just is.
collective noun. n. 1. (Grammar) a noun that is singular in form but that refers to a group of people or things. Usage: Collective nouns are usually used with singular verbs: the family is on holiday; General Motors is mounting a big sales campaign.
Collective nouns denote a group of people, objects, ideas, or animals as a single concept. Though the collective noun refers to more than one in a group, the noun itself is considered a single thing.However, they can be used as either singular of plural.It all depends on the sentence.Tying to decide which form to use can get confusing because you have to use the correct verb and pronoun forms, too.xamples of Collective Nouns. The singular verb and pronoun form is used is if they are acting in unison. For example: The class listens [singular verb form] carefully to its [singular pronoun] teacherâs instructions. (Here the class is a unit acting together as one.