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hellofaniceguy
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 Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 4:22 am Post subject: Is this sentence correct...your opinions... |
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Trouts are leaping in Lake Sihwa in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, on Wednesday, in a sign that a cleanup of the lake, once so polluted that no living things could survive in it, has been successful.
I think the word "trouts" should have no "s." Trout can be singular or plural. And if not...should the trouts have a comma?
I still say...no "s."
We can also say "look at the whales." Whales has an s.
I have never heard the word trouts before...maybe my English language skills are going downhill! |
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ajuma
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Badmojo
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| Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 4:47 am Post subject: Re: Is this sentence correct...your opinions... |
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| hellofaniceguy wrote: |
Trouts are leaping in Lake Sihwa in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, on Wednesday, in a sign that a cleanup of the lake, once so polluted that no living things could survive in it, has been successful.
I think the word "trouts" should have no "s." Trout can be singular or plural. And if not...should the trouts have a comma?
I still say...no "s."
We can also say "look at the whales." Whales has an s.
I have never heard the word trouts before...maybe my English language skills are going downhill! |
I agree with you. Fish are usually non-count. No S's there.
I remember my relatives talking in Northern Ontario. He caught four bass and two pike. We caught three trout but threw one back. |
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Grotto
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| Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 4:51 am Post subject: |
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| Trouts are leaping in Lake Sihwa in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, on Wednesday, in a sign that a cleanup of the lake, once so polluted that no living things could survive in it, has been successful. |
Trout are once again leaping in Lake Sihwa found in Ansan, Gyeonggi do. Surely a sign that a cleanup of the lake that was once so polluted that no living things could survive in it is on the road to success. |
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tzechuk
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| Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 4:54 am Post subject: |
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From Merriam-Webster:
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Main Entry: trout
Pronunciation: 'traut
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural trout also trouts |
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hellofaniceguy
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dulouz
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| Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 5:16 am Post subject: |
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| The sentence is a run-on and has too many commas. |
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Hater Depot
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| Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 4:40 pm Post subject: |
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| dulouz wrote: |
| The sentence is a run-on and has too many commas. |
I would have cut "in Gyeonggi Province, on Wednesday" but otherwise it seems fine to me. To me that sentence flows well and isn't crowded with adjectives or anything redundant, so I'm ok with it. |
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Hanson
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| Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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Trouts are leaping in Lake Sihwa in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, on Wednesday, in a sign that a cleanup of the lake, once so polluted that no living things could survive in it, has been successful.
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How can they use a present tense verb when they speak of something that happened on Wednesday? Should be a past tense verb, no? |
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