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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

plural and singular forms only

What are some word that are both plural and singular?
  

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Species, series. Sheep, deer; and other domestic or hunted animals have plurals that are almost always the same as the singular: salmon, trout, bison, buffalo, moose.

— Mister Micawber

  • Species, series.
  • Sheep, deer; and other domestic or hunted animals have plurals that are almost always the same as the singular: salmon, trout, bison, buffalo, moose.
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Species, series. Sheep, deer; and other domestic or hunted animals have plurals that are almost always the same as the singular: salmon, trout, bison, buffalo, moose.
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Some animal names:
one deer; two deer
one fish, two fish
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Avangione fish, two fish
Oh yes, I forgot that common one! Two options: fish or fishes.
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I've sometimes heard that "fishes" referred to "species of fish," but I don't think it's a hard and fast rule.
I thought I'd come up with dozens of examples, but I dried up in a hurry.
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a people, two peoples, and many people
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