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Akdom Posted 16 years ago
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Life have grown from this land.
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Millions of years of lives have grown from this land.
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millions of life
millions of lives
millions of fish
millions of fishes
#1. Millions of years of life have grown from this land.
I presume the above life is used as an uncountable noun. But can I also use countable noun her as:Millions of years of lives have grown from this land.
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What (singular or plural nouns) should follow these modifiers " thousands of / millions of / hundreds of " ? Because I've seen people using "millions of fish (singular)" and thought to myself why they don't use the plural form.millions of life
millions of lives
millions of fish
millions of fishes
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akdom -- #1. Millions of years of life have grown from this land. I presume the above life is used as an uncountable noun.
- akdom -- #1.
- Millions of years of life have grown from this land.
- I presume the above life is used as an uncountable noun.
- But can I also use countable noun her as: Millions of years of lives have grown from this land.
- I don't think so, but I believe "Millions of years worth of lives have grown from this land" works.
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akdom--#1. Millions of years of life have grown from this land.
I presume the above life is used as an uncountable noun. But can I also use countable noun her as:
Millions of years of
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Thanks! But, could you say more about the difference between "millions of fishes" and "millions of fish?"
In the case below, what's the difference?
In the case below, what's the difference?
Millions of fish have died from pollution.
Millions of fishes have died from pollution.
I don't get why we both singular and plural here is legal. My insti00
I don't really have very much to say about it. It's one of those words whose plural is identical to its singular. One deer, two deer. One fish, two fish. One sheep, two sheep. One moose, two moose.
The special thing about "fish" is that "fishes" is also allowed as plural.
It's also true that "Fishes which live in cold water . . . " may be taken to mean "Various species of fi
The special thing about "fish" is that "fishes" is also allowed as plural.
It's also true that "Fishes which live in cold water . . . " may be taken to mean "Various species of fi
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Great! A million thanks to you...
And I've looked it up and found out that my confusion is due to my ill-understanding of "irregular plural forms." Below are many nouns that have this feature, and this certainly clears up for me.
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There are a number of animals that have the same singular and plural form:
bison - bison
deer
And I've looked it up and found out that my confusion is due to my ill-understanding of "irregular plural forms." Below are many nouns that have this feature, and this certainly clears up for me.
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There are a number of animals that have the same singular and plural form:
bison - bison
deer
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Hi,
In my experience, many native speakers never use the word 'fishes'.
However, it seems to be a word that intrigues many non-native speakers.
In my experience, many native speakers never use the word 'fishes'.
However, it seems to be a word that intrigues many non-native speakers.
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