The King James version of the Bible was written long before English spelling
was standardized. However was one of the major sources used in standardizing
English. Oh well!
graywolf
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John Forbes wrote:
You haven't read your Bible, Kostas.
"Five loaves, and two small fishes." From the parable of feeding the
five thousand.
John
On Fri, 27 May 2005 23:48:09 +0100, Kostas Kavoussanakis
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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
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