I thought collective nouns included items like waste baskets.
Sorry, collective nouns refers to the nouns that collect like objects in their penumbrae.
Such as: a murder of crows; a flock of seagulls; a pride of lions; a trey of tarts (three hookers); a fanfare of strumpets (four hookers); an anthology of pros (five or more hookers).
Okay, I’ll stop now.
Don’t forget my favorite collective noun:
An agreement of grammarians! (as opposed to an arrangement of syntacticians)
Boy, and I thought I was a grammar geek!
So can someone please explain about shrimp?
wunch…
A collective noun used in the City of London, and probably understood worldwide, to refer to a gathering of bankers.