The couple is going to purchase the house? Or the couple are going to purchase the house? Even after all my years of editing, I can still get tripped up trying to make verbs agree with collective ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The couple is going to purchase the house? Or the couple are going to purchase the house? Even after all my years of editing, I can still get tripped up trying to make verbs agree with collective ...

The collective noun for owls is a parliament. A group of kittens makes a kindle. And if you see several hedgehogs, you've got a prickle on your hands. But what do you call a group of black holes? Once ...

ITworld.com – I recommend The Collective Nouns page[1] to anyone with 5 minutes to burn on something diversionary today. It is a mixed bag of suggested collective nouns. Some excellent, some less so.