The Rest of the Family Is or Are? : A quantitative analysis of collective nouns that are pre-modified by quantifying noun expressions in British and American English
Collective nouns are a category of nouns that refer to a group of people or things. This group of nouns has the special characteristic that when in singular form, they can be followed by either a singular or a plural verb. This feature of collective nouns has attracted a great deal of attention from...
Main Author: | Kairis, Petros |
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Format: | Others |
Language: | English |
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Stockholms universitet, Engelska institutionen
2017
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Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-144059 |
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