In the sentence below, do you think it is weird to say "only belongings" for "belongings" is a collective noun.
The angry mob destroyed the man's only belongings.
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or ..... the only belongings of the man.– user 66974Jun 1, 2020 at 7:09
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What did you find when you looked up the word only in a dictionary?– Andrew Leach ♦Jun 1, 2020 at 7:10
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1Yes. It's idiomatic; '... all the man's belongings' works but doesn't sound as empathetic. ' ... all that he possessed [not a lot to begin with]'.– Edwin AshworthJun 1, 2020 at 14:57
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