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 ...

A German friend and I were discussing collective nouns. You know the kind of thing: A swarm of bees. A bunch of flowers. A deck of cards. I asked him if there were such things in his language. He said ...

With my book about facts and knowledge coming out soon, it might be worth reviewing possible words for collective nouns for facts. Any one of these gift ideas will make your favorite bookworm very ...

Variously idiosyncratic, intriguing and often unerringly apt in their descriptions of gatherings of birds, animals and people a damning of jurors, an incredulity of cuckolds — most of the collective ...

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 ...

Common noun is one of the various types of nouns used in English grammar. Nouns are words that refer to things, people, places, and ideas. They can be classified into different types, such as Common ...

From apes to wombats, there is a descriptive collective noun for all the creatures in the animal kingdom.

A gaggle of geese, of course; but when they're flying in that dramatic V-shape, a skein of geese. And a shoal of herrings, but a school of whales. Or is it a pod? Hang on, isn't it a pod of ...

A pride of lions is child’s play. Pipe up with a parliament of owls, or a ostentation of peacocks and you might just impress your friends. But lay down an embarrassment of pandas or a charm of finches ...