On Fri, 27 May 2005, mike wilson wrote: > Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: > > > On Fri, 27 May 2005, mike wilson wrote: > > > >>How would you write the singular for species? > > > > Species. Like fish, sheep... > > > > Kostas > > > Fish has the option of fishes.
I had never heard of it (and had been taught otherwise) but you are right. > Not many words are the same in singular and plural form, without > options. Species is one, sheep is another. Too late in the night to think of yet another :-) Kostas
