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Flock of sheep vs. flock of cows Sat Jul 01, 2006 22:06 pm  Flock of sheep vs. flock of cows
 

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #89 "Common Quantity Nouns", question 5

The flock of ......... stayed together.

(a) sheep
(b) blankets
(c) ships
(d) cows

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #89 "Common Quantity Nouns", answer 5

The flock of sheep stayed together.

Correct answer: (a) sheep

Your answer was: incorrect
The flock of cows stayed together.
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Why flock of sheep, not cows?

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Flock of sheep vs. flock of cows Sun Jul 02, 2006 5:58 am  Flock of sheep vs. flock of cows
 

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Collective nouns for animals are notoriously arbitrary, Gabi. We have flocks of sheep, herds of cattle, gaggles of geese, and tintinnabulations of starlings.

Both flock and herd come from earlier words meaning 'group', flock from early German, and herd (presumably) all the way from Indo-European.

Rather odd in this particular instance, since flocks of sheep are supervised by shepherds ('sheep-herders')!
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