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dido4
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 Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 12:54 am Post subject: Fish lives in the water. |
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1. Fish lives in the water.
2. Fish live in the water.
Q: Which sentence is right?
Someone told me the second one is right, but I doubt it. Isn't fish
plural? |
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Lorikeet
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Location: San Francisco
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| Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 11:42 pm Post subject: Re: Fish lives in the water. |
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| dido4 wrote: |
1. Fish lives in the water.
2. Fish live in the water.
Q: Which sentence is right?
Someone told me the second one is right, but I doubt it. Isn't fish
plural? |
The second one is correct. If fish is plural, then "Fish live in the water." is correct. Just like "Cats live on land." If you are talking about one fish, it would be singular. "My fish lives in a fish bowl." |
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jerseyjoe
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Location: Colombia
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| Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 4:59 pm Post subject: Fish live in the water |
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There is a much easier way to look at this. I tell my students for verbs in the present think of the pronoun he she it I you we they. Remember He She It with s or es I you we they NO s So in this case fish are THEY. I hope this helps with all verbs for you.
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