English Nouns

Demonstrative pronouns are words used to point toward specific people, objects, or ideas without directly naming them.

Most common ones are this, that, these, and those. They help the speaker or writer indicate whether something is near or far, and whether it is singular or plural. For example, “This is my bag” or “Those are your shoes.” They are widely used in daily communication to bring clarity and emphasis.

Yes, 'United Nations' can be considered as a collective noun. It represents a group of countries working together for global issues like human rights, health, peace, etc. The United Nations is made up of many members, but is treated as one organization, making it a collective noun.

Example:

• The United Nations has declared a new healthcare policy.
• The United Nations is working to stop climate change.

Yes, 'police' is a collective noun. It represents a body of officers acting together. Additionally, unlike many other English collective nouns, 'police' is always used with a plural verb. Simply put, instead of saying 'police is', we say 'police are'.

For example: 

• The police have arrested the thief.
• The police are patroling on the streets of New York.

Collective nouns for animals are the English words used to name a group of the same species. For instance, instead of saying 'many lions' we say 'a pride of lions'. Similarly, there are unique names for different groups of animals. 

Collective Nouns of Animals Examples

• A murder of crows
• A gaggle of geese
• A school of fish
• A flock of birds
• a tower of giraffes
• A drove of horses
• A nest of mice

No, collective nouns are not just restricted to objects. According to Oxford Dictionary collective noun is, “a singular noun, such as committee or team, that refers to a group of people, animals or things. 

Here are some collective nouns examples for reference.

Yes, there are many collective nouns in English that are used for groups of people. For instance, in school we use class for students, and in music, we use choir for singers.

Collective Nouns for People

• A committee of members
• A crowd of spectators
• A herd of harlots
• A gang of prisoners
• A giggle of girls
• A pack of thieves
• A panel of experts
• A mob of rioters

Any word which bears the name of any generic term or non-specific categories is are Common Noun. The first letters are generally not capitalised and are used with Articles or Determiners. These words refer to a broad category and do not have a specific significance, unlike Proper Nouns.

Yes, apart from Proper Noun, all other forms of Nouns, including Collective Noun, Concrete Noun, Abstract Noun, Countable Noun, etc. can be Common Nouns. As long as they do not refer to anything specific, all these types of Nouns can be considered Common Noun.

As opposed to the Common Nouns, Proper Noun refers to someone, some place or something specific. The Proper Noun has to be written in a capital letter, irrespective of whether the sentence starts with that or not. On the other hand, Common Nouns are generic terms and do not need to be written in capital letters, unless it is placed at the beginning of the sentence. For example:

Siya is the topper in her class.

Here, Siya is the Proper Noun, and topper and class are Common Nouns.