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That may be the case, but it’s pretty amazing that the author found a way to write hundreds of words complaining about the very concept of collective nouns with
by alex_young 6y ago
That may be the case, but it’s pretty amazing that the author found a way to write hundreds of words complaining about the very concept of collective nouns without ever labeling them as such, isn’t it?
- taejo 6y agoA term of venery is a specific type of collective noun: more or less, collective nouns for animals made up by bored aristocrats in the middle ages (or more recently, but in the same tradition). As a result, most are never used in conversation by people who actually work with those animals.