Yes, fish was not a good example. But sheep was.
A final "s" does not invariably indicate a plural, as any genius will tell
you. Many singular words of Latin origin end in "s".
John
On Fri, 27 May 2005 23:33:12 +0100, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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. Not many words are the same in singular
and plural form, without options.
m
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