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I came cross a website which includes “fish” under its categorization of mass noun.
I am confused because a mass noun will always take the singular form of the verb following it.
However, I also read somewhere that fish can be plural and countable though it will remain
as ‘fish’and not ‘fishes’.
Examples:
“Some of the fish in the tank have not been eating.”
“The five fish are bought from the market this morning”
Can you explain why fish, though considered a mass noun, can take plural verb form.
I am confused because a mass noun will always take the singular form of the verb following it.
However, I also read somewhere that fish can be plural and countable though it will remain
as ‘fish’and not ‘fishes’.
Examples:
“Some of the fish in the tank have not been eating.”
“The five fish are bought from the market this morning”
Can you explain why fish, though considered a mass noun, can take plural verb form.