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Liveinjapan Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Pronoun of fish

0Hi, everyone. Fish is uncountable? I know the plural form is 'fish'. I can't say this below, ain't I?02br
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01i00I like fish, especially toropical01font00 ones02font00.02i02br
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00Should I say '01i00I like fish, especially toropical 01font00fish02font02i00.'02br
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01i00Fish 01font00is / are02font00 beautiful in this sea.02i00 Can I use either 01i00is02i00 or 01i00are02i00 in this sentence?02br
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00Thanks.02br
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" The plural 01i 00fishes02i 00 is found in the King James Bible, in the miricle of the loaves and fishes, for example, and is also sometimes used for rhetorical emphasis, as in phrases like 01i 00sleep with the fishes02i 00. 0-

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  • " The plural 01i 00fishes02i 00 is found in the King James Bible, in the miricle of the loaves and fishes, for example, and is also sometimes used for rhetorical emphasis, as in phrases like 01i 00sleep with the fishes02i 00.
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0 The plural of fish can be fish or fishes; it depends on the context.02br
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01i00Fish02i00 does have a regular plural form, but it differs in meaning from the unmarked plural; 01i00fishes02i00 refers to several species or other taxonomic types, while 01i00fish02i00 (plural) is used to describe multiple indiv
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0Thank you Bokeh.02br
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01i00I like fish, especially toropical01font00 02font01font00fish02font00. 02i00or 01i01font00the02font00 toropical 01font00one02font02i02br
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1i00I like fish, especially the tropical ones. This is ok. I assume you mean tropical fish in general, not just one individual tropical fish, so you need 'ones'.02i02br
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01i00The fish are so beautiful in this sea.02i02br
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01i00(P.S. 'ain't I' does not mean 'can I?'. Ain't I is very-non-standard English for 'am I
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0Thanks Nona.Really understandable. Yes, I should have said 'can I'. It's really grammatically a big mistake. You helped me learn what I didn't know about 'ain't'. 05000Thanks.02br
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LiveinjapanHi, everyone. Fish is uncountable? I know the plural form is 'fish'. I can't say this below, ain't I?
I like fish, especially toropical ones.
Should I say 'I like fish, especially toropical fish.'
Fish is / are beautiful in th
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