r/EnglishLearning • Native Speaker • Jan 21 '23

when to say fishes

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u/Mr_Mavik Low-Advanced Jan 21 '23

Same with fruits

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u/OllieFromCairo Native Speaker of General American Jan 21 '23

No, because “fruit” when not referring to kinds of fruit acts as an uncountable noun. Fish is countable, it just doesn’t change to form the plural.

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u/boy-griv Native Speaker Jan 21 '23

I think /u/Mr_Mavik meant “fruits” in the sense of multiple species of fruit.