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Piece, bunch, pair,

Posted by AA on April 02, 2003

In Reply to: Piece, bunch, pair, posted by James Briggs on April 02, 2003

: : Is there a special term for words such as a PIECE of cloth, a BUNCH of flowers, a PAIR of chopsticks? I don't think it is "quantifier" but I am dying to find out what they are called. Please help. Thanks.

: Collective noun?

I think collective noun means words such as machinery for machine, poetry for poem, etc.

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