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Minhi
You clean fish. vs You clean a fish. Which is correct? Fish is non-countable, and non-countable nouns don't have indefinite article a before themselves. But I saw a phrase like "clean a fish", which makes me confused.
25 sty 2016 17:41
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Since "fish" can be both plural and singular without changing form, "clean fish" means to clean multiple fish, while "clean a fish" means to clean a single fish.
25 stycznia 2016
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Yes that phrase means "clean a single fish". Where as "clean fish" could be any amount more than one.
25 stycznia 2016
"Fish" can be singular (a fish), plural (10 fish) or uncountable (I eat fish). When it is uncountable, we mean it as food, ie. the flesh of a fish. Since the spelling and pronunciation doesn't change, I can understand that this may be confusing for learners.
26 stycznia 2016
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