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Hhtt Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary

Most fish v. most fishes

Most fish is confusing for me. It is plural but why don't we say "most fishes ?

Example: "Most fish have skeletons made of bones like you do. And for this reason, they are called bony fishes.

Source: Zoobooks Sharks

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The plural of fish is either fish or fishes . Most of the time we use fish as the plural. The fisherman caught three fish today.

  • The plural of fish is either fish or fishes .
  • Most of the time we use fish as the plural.
  • The fisherman caught three fish today.
  • The boy likes to look at the fish in the aquarium.
  • When we mean species of fish, we use the alternate plural: fishes .
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The plural of fish is either fish or fishes.

Most of the time we use fish as the plural.
The fisherman caught three fish today.
The boy likes to look at the fish in the aquarium.

When we mean species of fish, we use the alternate plural: fishes.

It may take ten years or more for some bony fishes to become sexually mat
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If I have to fly. I would get very nervous, so I usually drive. where is the error?

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