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Show A Question of Plural. Though many grammars give lists ot words having Irregular formation ot plurals, the many klnas of fish or fishes, with arbitrarily formed plurals, plur-als, are omitted Tho need for such a list Is shown by quoting a few examples. exam-ples. For Instance, peoplo speak ol herrings, but never of whitings. Every ono writes soles, sprats, lam-phreys, lam-phreys, anchovies, the singular form raroly, It ever, doing, for the plural, but no ono would write mackerels, codi, salmons or trouts. On the othei hand considerable uncertainty exists concerning the form ot the plural of other Kinds. Who shall decide which Is correct, turbot or turbots, sturgeon or sturgeons, carp or carps T |