plural of words fish, fruit and shrimp?

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Hi! Is there plural for words fish, fruit and shrimp?

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Yes, if you consider different types/species of fish/fruit/shrimp.
For example: in this restaraunt they serve many different fishes, including mackerel, bass, pike, code and salmon.

But if you consider specimens of the same species, then you must use the singular form.
For example: I caught three fish in the pond.

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In this restaurant they serve many different fish, including mackerel, bass, pike, code and salmon.

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In this restaurant they serve many different fishes.

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Do you claim that my sentence is grammatically incorrect?

And “fish” isn’t correct plural.

Thanks

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Did you read what Tort wrote?

He explained why in his sentence “fishes” was the correct plural to use.
Why did you feel the need to correct him?

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“fish” and “fishes” are both possible plural forms for fish, aren’t they?

I’ve caught three fish in the pond this time. One of them was a trout.
Really?
Which were those two?
Those two fish were salmon.

I’d like to know if these sentences are correct or not?

Thanks

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Please look at the original question.
Your sentences may be correct but they aren’t helping the original poster make sense of this.

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Hi OTS,

You’ll have to bear with me on this but I can’t help feeling that your sentence:

sounds funny to me as if the fish were indeed customers. I think in this sentence you have to say: different types of fish. To me making these creatures plural here somehow gives them an identity. Does that make sense to you or am I being perverse?

Alan

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Hi Alan,
I understand what you’re getting at.
Come to think of it, restaraunts serve customers, and my wording makes it look like fishes are customers that are served with food, which is preposterous. Hehe.

Thanks for bringing this up and for correcting me!

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Teacher Beeesneees

can I say that salmon, trout, etc., are fish species or simply species or salmon, trout etc., are types of fish?

In addition, my answer to the original question

Hi! Is there plural for words fish, fruit and shrimp?

fish (singular), fish/fishes (plural)

fruit (singular), no plural, uncountable noun

shrimp (singular), shrimp/shrimps (plural)

Is my understanding correct?

Thanks

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Teacher Beeesneees

shrimp (singular), shrimp/shrimps (plural)

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So, do they serve shrimp or shrimps at dinner?

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OH DEAR !!!
If you are a vegetarian then we don’t have to fight for the fish.
Something fishy going on here …

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They probably serve shrimp (one shrimp dish even though it may contain a number of shrimp/s), but you would have shrimps swimming in your fish tank.

It wouldn’t be much fun if it were all straightforward, would it?

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Hi Bev,

Maybe it’s because, to quote Alan’s words, making these creatures plural here somehow gives them an identity?
In the fish tank you consider your shrimps small crustacean pets and want to bestow an identity on them.
But as food, shrimps lose their identity and become just shrimp.
What do you think?

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“shrimps loosing their identity” sounds a bit scary

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“Shrimps losing their identity” sounds scary too :wink:

lose (miss/mislay) - losing
loose - (not tight)

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Oh, thanks for not letting me lose myself in the deep sea of unknown)))

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Sorry about that, I added an extra “o” in error.
The shrimps are having an identity crisis. Hehe.