Is the noun society plural or singular?
1 Answer
Jun 5, 2018
Singular.
Explanation:
Words that contain more than one person, animal, or thing are collective nouns.
Society is a collective noun. It contains more than one person, so it is collective.
Collective nouns can have singular and plural forms, even though their singular forms contain more than one thing. Here are some examples:
Singular
#color(white)"xxxxxxxxxxx"# Pluralteam
#color(white)"xxxxxxxxxxxxsss"# teams
herd#color(white)"xxxxxxxxxxxxsssi"# herds
group#color(white)"xxxxxxxxxxxxss"# groups
society#color(white)"xxxxxxxxxxxxs"# societies
"Society" is singular, and "societies" is plural.
