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Show A SU651L'- ipf Plurals. Though many grammars give lists of words having Irregular formation of plurals, the many kinas of fish or fishes, with arbitrarily formed plurals, plur-als, are omitted. The need for such a list Is shown by quoting a few examples. exam-ples. For instance, people speak ol herrings, but never of whitings. Every one writes soles, sprats, lam-phreys, lam-phreys, anchovies, the singular form rarely, if ever, doing for the plural, but no one would write mackerels, cods, salmons or trouts. Cm the other hand considerable uncertainty exists concerning the form of the' plural of otner Kinds. Who snail decide which is correct, turbot or turbots, sturgeon or sturgeons, carp or carps? |