[MikeNewYork]

Originally Posted by BobK

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

Well, we sure can make it complicated.