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    Partitive nouns describe a specific quantity of something and are used with another noun like "three boxes of cereal" where boxes describes the quantity. Collective nouns refer to a group of things but do not specify quantity, such as "a pride of lions" or "a team of players". Partitive nouns indicate an amount while collective nouns refer to groups without denoting amounts.

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    Partitive nouns describe a specific quantity of something and are used with another noun like "three boxes of cereal" where boxes describes the quantity. Collective nouns refer to a group of things but do not specify quantity, such as "a pride of lions" or "a team of players". Partitive nouns indicate an amount while collective nouns refer to groups without denoting amounts.

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    Some of The Cake: Noun Describes A Group of Things

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    Partitive nouns describe a specific quantity of something and are used with another noun like "three boxes of cereal" where boxes describes the quantity. Collective nouns refer to a group of things but do not specify quantity, such as "a pride of lions" or "a team of players". Partitive nouns indicate an amount while collective nouns refer to groups without denoting amounts.

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    partitive noun is a noun that is used to describe a part or quantity of something. Partitive
    nouns are used with another noun to tell you how much of that noun there is. "Boxes" in
    "three boxes of cereal" is a partitive noun because it describes a specific quantity of cereal.
    Below are more examples of partitive nouns.

     a glass of milk
     a spoonful of sugar
     some of the cake
     a lot of feathers
     a bottle of perfume
     a piece of paper

     
    A collective noun is a noun that describes a group of something. Collective nouns do not
    necessarily tell you about the quantity of things in a group. Below are some examples of
    collective nouns.

     a pride of lions
     a flock of seagulls
     a crowd of people
     a team of players
     a troupe of dancers
     a forest of trees

     
    Just remember: a partitive noun describes a part or quantity of something. A collective
    noun describes a group of things.

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