Saturday, 15 November 2014

Collective Nouns [English]

Collective nouns adalah nomina atau kata benda yang menunjukkan pada suatu kelompok/kumpulan orang, binatang, atau benda.

Perhatikan contoh dan catatan untuk collective nouns berikut di bawah ini.

Collective nouns untuk kumpulan orang (groups of people), misalnya: family, crew, team, club, community, committee, choir, company, crowd, band, gang, orchestra, government, audience, army, etc.

Dalam kalimat, collective nouns dapat menggunakan singular atau plural verb, contoh:
- My family was happy to see me.- My family were happy to see me.

Nomina cattle, people, dan the police selalu memakai plural verb.

Jika suatu kumpulan itu berperan sebagai kesatuan sebuah kumpulan (single unit) saja, gunakan singular verb. Tetapi, jika kumpulan itu berperan atau melakukan suatu aktivitas, maka gunakan plural verb, contoh:
- The crowd was orderly.- The crowd were clapping, yelling and cheering.

Contoh lain kumpulan untuk orang (groups of people): crowd of shoppers, company of actors, class of schoolchildren, gang of thieves, panel of judges, platoon of soldiers.

Contoh collective nouns untuk kumpulan binatang (groups of animal) yang biasanya disertai kata tambahan tertentu: herd of cattle, flock of birds, drove of sheep, gaggle of geese, pack of wolves, pride of lions, pod of dolphins, school of fish, litter of puppies, troop of monkeys, brood of chickens, swarm of bees.

Contoh collective nouns kumpulan benda (groups of things) yang juga biasanya disertai kata tambahan tertentu: bunch of bananas, deck of cards, cluster of grapes, flight of steps, bunch of flowers, suite of rooms, bouquet of flowers, suite of furniture, range of mountains, set of tools, fleet of ships, string of beads, fleet of vehicles, grove of trees.

Contoh collective nouns yang menunjukkan jumlah atau bentuk dari suatu benda (the amount or form of something): loaf of bread, bar of soap, ball of string, bar of chocolate.
Catatan

Kata a piece of atau a slice of yang berarti sebagian, bagian, sepotong, atau sedikit, biasanya juga dapat menyertai sebuah kata benda.

Contoh:
- a slice/piece of bread
- a slice/piece of cheese
- a piece/square of chocolate
- a slice/piece of cake
- a sheet/piece of paper
- a piece of chalk
- a piece of information
- a piece of advice

Ada beberapa nomina yang selalu dipakai berpasangan (pair nouns), misalnya: binoculars, glasses, jeans, pants, pyjamas, scissors, shorts, tights, trousers.

Nomina berpasangan ini adalah nomina plural dan selalu memakai verba yang juga plural.
- My jeans need washing.- These tights were quite expensive.
- We've got some scissors somewhere.

Kata sandang (article) a/an atau pernyataan jumlah tidak boleh dipakai secara langsung pada pair nouns, kecuali sebelumnya ditambahkan kata pair of.
- I need some jeans.- Laura bought four pairs of tights.


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Wednesday, 12 November 2014

Expressions [English]

Will : "Guys! Sorry I'm late."
Ega : "What a pity of you."
Will : "That's a pity, isn't it?"
Rosi : "Can you tell me what happened?"
Ega : "I'd love to, but I do know what happened."
Will : "Well . . . uhm sure, I'll tell you, just run out of fuel. By the way, I have 3 invitations for a ball in a ballad ballroom with a lot of ball and some bubble, wanna come?"
Rosi : "Okay! I'll be there."
Ega : "I wish I could, but . . . I have a super duper bad allergic with ball and bubble."
Rosi : "I wonder what happen if you come with us?"
Will : "Would there be any possibility of your traumatic relapse?"
Ega : "What should I do?"
Rosi : "Well, I must say that you must get the cure."
Will : "You better go to the doctor."
Ega : "I'll try that."
Rosi : "That's a good idea, but I think witch doctor would be better!"
Will & Ega : "You're crazy!!!"

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