| British English differs from American English in using collective nouns. |
| Had I stumbled on a right-wing plot to subvert the semantics of English collective nouns? |
| A show based on collective nouns, suggested by Karen, prompted comic moments. |
| A hundred, a thousand, few, many, are to be considered as collective nouns, and distinguished as such, by the singular article. |
| British English refers to some collective nouns such as crowd or data as plural, so it is appropriate to use these or those in British English. |
| Although many languages treat collective nouns as singular, in others they may be interpreted as plural. |
