[Grammar] Collective nouns

[svetta]

Hello. I've got a question about collective nouns (team, government, family, band, herd, etc). What about the word "money"? Is it a collective noun? Or it's just uncountable and cannot be treated as a collective noun?

And one more question) The word "collection" is a collective noun. Can this noun be followed by singular or plural verbs like "the family was / the family were"?

Thanks.

 

[Tarheel]

"Money" is, in my opinion, not a collective noun.

The word "collection" takes a singular verb (AmE). Example:

His coin collection is very valuable.

 

[Tdol]

Collection takes a singular verb in BrE too.