A collective noun (集合名词)names a group of peole:
people , places, things, animals
A collective noun looks like a singular noun .It behaves like a singular noun too.
It is a noun phrase.
The chameleon ate a group of flies.
a , an and the
we use the for uncountable nouns.
the milk , the water, the meat
We also use"the " before an adjective that is used to desribe a person.
The rich(the people who are rich)
The poor
The injured
The elderly
The word this and that are adjective too.They also come before nouns. We call them demonstratives.
