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Tubithedubi Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Fish or fishes?

i learnt the word 'fish' cant be plural but some people say it can...

can i use 'fishes'?
  

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You can use both of them but fish is taught as a plural form at schools in Turkey.

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  • You can use both of them but fish is taught as a plural form at schools in Turkey.
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You can use both of them but fish is taught as a plural form at schools in Turkey.
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Hi, I had the same question some time ago, I was taught that fish can be singular and plural till I discovered that 'fishes' is used too, for example in scientific papers when you mean many species of fish.
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Hello Fran:),

So, if someone says "There are lots of fishes in that aquarium", would mean that there are lots of species?
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yep, that's what I have been told, I'm just the spokeswoman, if it's not right don't blame it on me Emotion: stick out tongue hehe
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Okay..I won't blame you since I'm sure there will be no need for it!;)

Thanks for answering!
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You're welcome! Anyway...
PuccaOkay..I won't blame you since I'm sure there will be no need for it!;
...I would wait for some native speakers before saying so
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Fran, I think there is a problem with the link:P. It drives me to this same post!
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yep I edited it, now it should work Emotion: wink
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Hehe..yep, I read it! Thanks for the link!

P.S: How do you do that? I mean, putting that link without writing it, just with "Post".
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look at the [url=http://www.EnglishForward.com/languages/bbcode.aspx#85/]formatting guide[/url]. You can find it easly when you are replying a post, just look under the "Subject", and beside "Message" you'll see: (Formatting Guide) Emoticons(in b
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