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Common Error in Noun

                               Errors In Use Of Nouns

         Nouns which are used in singular form :-
      (1)Scenery,information,furniture,advice,machinery,stationery,news,poetry,business,mischief,fuel,           issue,repair,bedding.
        Examples :-  the scenery of this place is worth seeing.
                            He has received no information so far.
(2) Physics, Mathematics, Economics,  Classics, Ethics, Athletics, innings, gallows.
 
        Examples :-  Economics is a very interesting subject.
                           The Indian team defeated the Australian by an innings.
(3) Brick, bread, fruit, word ( as 'promise') 

      Examples :-  Let me buy some fruit.
                          He is true to his word.
(4) Words like dozen, score, hundred, thousands, million when preceded by a numeral.

      Examples :-  He bought ten dozen oranges.
                         I have four pair of shoes.
(5) Expressions as a ten-rupee note, a two-hour journey, a four-mile walk, a five-year plan,
     a six-man committe etc.

    Examples :-  A ten-rupee note is lying there.

                 Nouns used only in plural form 

(1) Cattle, police, poultry, people, gentry, peasantry, artillery.

    Examples :- Cattle are grazing in the field.
(2) Scissors, trousers, stockings, spectacles, shorts, alms, remains, riches, goods, measles.

      Examples :- My scissors are very sharp.
                        My spectacles are missing.


             Nouns used both as singular and plural in the same form.

(1) Deer, sheep, fish, apparatus, wages.
      Examples :- The wages of sin is death.
                         The wages of the workers have been raised.
                         I saw a sheep grazing in the field.
                         Sheep are sold cheaper than goat.
(2) Collective nouns as jury, public, team, audience, committee, government, congregation,
      orchestra.
 
       Examples :-  The team are looking quite fit.
                           The team has not turned up yet.


                                  Use of Collective Nouns

                    crowd of people
                    mob of angry people
                    herd of cattle/cows
                    fleet of ships/cruisers
                    team of players
                    pack of wolves
                    flight of birds
                    pack of  cards
                    bouquet of flowers
                    loaf of bread
                    shoal/school of fish
                    heap of corn
                    bundle of sticks
                    stock of grain
                    army of soldiers
                    class of pupils
                    flock of sheep
                    bunch of grapes
                    crew of sailors
                    herd of lions
                    swarm of bees
                    pile of books
                    garland of beads
                    hoarde of nomads
                    gang of thieves
                    block of flats
                    library of books
                    file of papers           

       'one of' or 'any of' is followed by plural words. 

    Examples :- I want one of the books kept on the table.
                       Any of these tools may serve the purpose.
    Plural nouns are used with fractions and decimal over 1.
  
      Examples :- It took us one and a half hours.   
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