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letney
4338 days ago
"fishes" refers to multiple species of fish, while "fish" is the correct plural form of a school of a single species.
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MrJagil
4332 days ago
Awesome!Though, which one should you use if both are correct?
"... plenty of fish(es) in the sea." for instance?
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vidarh
4338 days ago
That distinction is likely to die out, given that lots of other English words that used to predominantly or only use the same form in singular and plural are steadily moving towards separate plural form.
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"... plenty of fish(es) in the sea." for instance?