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minus-squareLinktank@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 hours agoI don’t know why people use “fishes” when “fish” is a perfectly acceptable term for more than one fish. In this context nobody would have assumed they were only talking about a single fish.
minus-squareGrimy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-27 hours agoThy did it knowingly. They had this written at the end. A bit silly imo but I guess it has meaning for them. *While the English language usually refers to multiple fishes as “fish”, we use “fishes” to emphasize that they are individuals.
minus-square🦢 Lalah Lover 🦢@sakurajima.moelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 hours ago@Linktank “fishes” refers to multiple species of fish 3 goldfish = 3 fish 1 goldfish, 1 trout and 1 catfish = 3 fishes
minus-squareLinktank@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoYeah, “fish” still applies in that situation.
I don’t know why people use “fishes” when “fish” is a perfectly acceptable term for more than one fish. In this context nobody would have assumed they were only talking about a single fish.
Thy did it knowingly. They had this written at the end. A bit silly imo but I guess it has meaning for them.
@Linktank “fishes” refers to multiple species of fish
3 goldfish = 3 fish
1 goldfish, 1 trout and 1 catfish = 3 fishes
Yeah, “fish” still applies in that situation.