Re: USAGE: THEORY/USAGE: irregular English plurals (was: RE: [CONLANG]

Muke Tever scripsit:

> But I think the zero plural can be extended to all fish?
I don't think so.  "Herring", yes, "trout", yes; but "I caught five
shark today"?  "The aquarium has six guppy"?  I don't think so.
Of course, there are also mass versions of fish names, referring to
the fish as a food:  "I ate shark in San Francisco", but that is
not the same thing at all.

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