[Grammar] Plural noun form of bird's view

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kwfine

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Dear teachers,

I have this sentence in my diary:
It was great opportunity for all of us since we could have a bird's view of the nature from the window of the helicopter.

Since there were a few people with me in the helicopter, and we were all looking at the beautiful nature below us, I wonder if I should correct the sentence this way:

It was great opportunity for all of us since we could have bird's views of the nature from the window of the helicopter.

Please help me, teachers.

Thank you.
 
The set phrase is a bird's-eye view, which can be used in the plural.

Note that you need to say '...a bird's-eye view of nature [no the] or ' . . . bird's-eye views of the beautiful natural scenery'.

Rover
 
To add to that response, since "bird's-eye" is used as an adjective, you can have one bird's-eye view or many bird's-eye views. You don't change "bird's" to "birds'" if you make the views plural.
 
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