Collective nouns (the choice is based on a difference in attitude)

army crowd herd the elite the Vatican orchestra

clan family majority the gentry bank party

class flock minority the laity the BBC school

club gang the aristocracy the public choir staff

committee government the bourgeoisie the Congress firm team

group jury the clergy Parliament ministry union

generation university IBM department company electorate enemy community population public college

Nouns which are uncountable when talking about general ideas and countable when

1 recognized containers for things

2 a type, brand or make of thing

3. a particular example of a physical or concrete thing

4 a particular instance of a substance or an idea: stone – a stone; sport- a sport

Beer cake space dislike success

coffee chicken stone fear protest

water land abuse improvement thought

fruit noise business language war

shampoo rain conversation life

toothpaste snow difficulty pain

washing powder sound (dis)agreement pleasure