FISH


Meaning of FISH in English

noun

BAD : I had never seen such brightly coloured fishes before.

GOOD : I had never seen such brightly coloured fish before.

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The plural form of fish is usually fish : 'Did you catch any fish?' 'The fish in the market are always fresh.'

The plural form fishes is used mainly in stories for small children and in scientific or technical styles (to refer to different species of fish).

Longman Common Errors English vocabulary.      Английский словарь распространенных ошибок Longman.