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Is it "You've got so many fish" or "You've got so many fishes"
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7 feb 2022 09:03
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The plural of fish is fish. However if you want to refer to multiple species of fish then you can use fishes.
7 febbraio 2022
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Its "You've got so many fish".
7 febbraio 2022
Both are correct
7 febbraio 2022
Each phrase is correct, the meaning depends on
7 febbraio 2022
Both:
"You've got so many fish." (perhaps they are all the same species? it's not clear)
"You've got so many fishes." (there are different varieties/species of fish)
Same as other similar plurals:
"I ate lots of cheese last night." (one type of cheese? many different types of cheese?)
"I ate eight different cheeses last night." (clearly different types of cheese)
meat/meats, wine/wines, beer/beers, etc
But to be fair, "You've got so many fishes." is perhaps not very common (in my opinion). I think people normally prefer to construct a sentence like "You've got so many different types/varieties/species of fish." because we think that makes things clearer.
7 febbraio 2022
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