Plants and animals, or animals and plants?
Dear all,
The following is one of the many examples from the internet, I noticed that ‘plants and animals’ is more frequent than ‘animals and plants, is it a common practice we should follow?
- Forests also provide habitat for a vast array of plants and animals,...
Many thanks,
K
Top answer
It depends how 'natural' you want to sound. Yes, it's common practice to use 'plants and animals' but there's no real reason why, other than 'convention', and if you want to use 'animals and plants' then it's not wrong.
- It depends how 'natural' you want to sound.
- Yes, it's common practice to use 'plants and animals' but there's no real reason why, other than 'convention', and if you want to use 'animals and plants' then it's not wrong.
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It depends how 'natural' you want to sound. Yes, it's common practice to use 'plants and animals' but there's no real reason why, other than 'convention', and if you want to use 'animals and plants' then it's not wrong.
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