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Originally Posted by MikeNewYork  I agree with BobK, but "fox" is also a plural of "fox". |
Is that so. I've heard the null plural when there is a pair (or 'brace') of something - 'a brace of pheasant', 'a pair of trout', (but
not *'
a pair of kipper'
Why's that
- perhaps because it's only one herring). And of course, there's the 'indiscriminate' plural, when they don't care
how many they get: 'they're going to hunt fox'/ 'they're going to shoot deer'. But 'A family of foxes live in our garden'.
I hadn't realized how complicated plurals can get - especially in the field of animals.
b