Identify the type of noun represented by the underlined word in the following sentence : “A committee of five members was formed to investigate the matter.”
Collective Noun
A collective noun names a group of people, animals or things considered as a single unit, for example team, army, jury, family, flock or committee.
In the sentence, “committee” refers to one body made up of five members who act together to investigate the matter. The word names the group as a whole, so it is a collective noun.
A common noun is a general name for any member of a class, but the point here is that the word denotes a group. An abstract noun names a quality or idea such as honesty, which a committee is not. A proper noun names a particular person or place and begins with a capital letter, which does not fit a general word like committee. Since one of the listed types fits, “None of the above” does not apply.
Collective Noun option is correct.
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