Literary notes about group (AI summary)
In literature, the term "group" assumes a variety of nuanced meanings that reflect both tangible and abstract collectives. It may denote a gathering of people bound by shared social, political, or cultural traits, as seen in portrayals of assemblies like a band of insurgents retreating in confusion [1] or clusters of individuals united by common customs or beliefs [2, 3, 4]. At times the word groups not only people but also objects or abstract concepts—ranging from collections of provinces aligned for military strategy [5] to constructions of language itself where a clause is defined as a group of words [6]. In each usage, the term enriches the narrative by emphasizing a set of elements that together form a distinct, identifiable whole, whether that whole embodies social dynamics, stylistic design, or structural arrangement.
- The group of insurgents who were defending the centre retreated in confusion.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo - The group of Catholic Republicans which Frederick Morin headed applied successively to all the priests of Paris; but met with a refusal.
— from The History of a Crime by Victor Hugo - There can be no doubt that individuals in forming a social group are like-minded; they understand one another.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey - In a few days our little group reached Calcutta.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda - [ 264 ] These four provinces group themselves together naturally from a military standpoint.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. Blount - A clause is a group of words that forms part of a sentence and that contains a subject and a predicate.
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by Frank Edgar Farley and George Lyman Kittredge
