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[Paddy]

Tricky42, I feel sorry for your quizzes . And Justdoit ơi, please play your role again!!! MANH NGUYEN and Tanyenbai, thank you for your supports

Mấy bác không hiểu rõ câu hỏi. Ý bác ấy là dùng chữ gì để chỉ một đàn/bầy cho những con vật đó. TD: một bầy sư tử thì kêu là pride, một bầy chó sói thì kêu là pack, vv.

[Tricky42]

In Vietnamese you have classifiers. We have a few in English. A tube of tootpaste is an example. Collective nouns indicate a group of something. For example, a flock of birds. A group of lions is called a pride. It is the English collective noun that I am looking for. For more information see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_noun
The answer to my question 1. is 1. A pride of lions. The answer to 4. is very strange!

[Tricky42]

Its fun to see these threads take on a life of their very own!

[meomok]

OK all you native Vietnamese speakers....and no cheating on the Internet!

I am going to ask you for the collective nouns for

1. Lions
2. Geese (flying)
3. Geese (waddling)
4. Crows
6. People
7. Paper
8. Horses
9. Whales
10. Seagulls

I'm very very much unfamiliar with the existance of collective nouns in English and honestly I dont know the answer for any of your quests in the quiz so... if no internet allowed -..- I don't think I can participate... But if you do allow a little research I might have a few right answers... So I'm sorry Tricky42 but you've got my curiosity in this and I'm gonna google kk...

[Tricky42]

I think you'll have to Google it. Our collective nouns are almost equivalent in number to the nouns to which they are associated.

I think they are pointless because they are affected, out of date but also quaint.

[vietnamese4u]

ops.. this is a funny game. is it still going on?

1. A pride of Lions
2. A herd of Geese (flying)
3. A flock of Geese (waddling)
4. A herd of Crows
6. A group of People
7. A sheet of Paper
8. A pride of Horses
9. A herd of Whales
10. A flock of Seagulls

ok?