Question

Indicate the gendr of the bracketed words. I tired them but I am not sure am I right or not. Please look over it and give me suggestion if they are wrong. Thank you!!

(They) told the (children) the (stories) they had heard (themselves).

They - collective
children - collective? dual?
stories - stories
themselves - collective

Answer 1

Are you sure you're being asked about <b>gender</b>?

Here's a section on collective nouns:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/plurals.htm#collective_nouns

And here's one on collective adjectives:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/adjectives.htm#collective

To me, though, all these forms in parentheses are simply plurals. The last one is plural and reflexive.

Answer 2

YesYes. The question original is: Indicate the case, person, number and gender of the bracketed words. I only have trouble with indicating the gender.

Thanks!

Answer 3

My other friend with the same assignment put dual for all of them.

Answer 4

In English, none of those has a gender.