Comments on: Collective Nouns http://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2009/10/03/collective-nouns A GMAT and MBA Community featuring free GMAT Forums, MBA Admissions Help Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:15:44 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Alex http://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2009/10/03/collective-nouns#comment-608 Alex Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:09:03 +0000 http://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/?p=4047#comment-608 Absolutely! That sentence is grammatically correct only if one is referring to a specific set (indicated by the definite article "the") of black bears (a plural noun). The sentence would not refer to the "black bear" as a species, in the generic sense (a singular noun). Keep in mind that when you are indeed referring to the species, the noun itself is expressed in its singular form with the definite article preceding: "The black bear is a remarkably strong climber." Absolutely! That sentence is grammatically correct only if one is referring to a specific set (indicated by the definite article "the") of black bears (a plural noun). The sentence would not refer to the "black bear" as a species, in the generic sense (a singular noun).

Keep in mind that when you are indeed referring to the species, the noun itself is expressed in its singular form with the definite article preceding:

"The black bear is a remarkably strong climber."

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So, the sentence "the black bears are remarkably strong climbers" when used in the generic sense is wrong?

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