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Fish/fishes, fruit, fruits

When on holiday/ during her holidays she'd like to taste/try different kinds of fish in the seaside restaurants.
Is it possible to use "different fishes" instead of "different kinds of fish"?
When you come to the Baltic Sea/ Baltic coast , you should try fishes like trout, cod, plaice or halibut.
Fish is sold by the weight and served with chips and a salad set (usually a combination of coleslaw, red cabbage salad and carrot salad).
Is it correct to say: I have 4 fruits on my plate; a peach a kiwi, a mango and a fig?

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Fish/fishes, fruit, fruits

When on holiday/ dDuring her holidays she'd like to taste/try different kinds of fish in the seaside restaurants.

This is the most natural form for the sentence. You could say "when on holiday" but it sounds a bit... habitual, if you know what I mean? Like you might say "When on holiday, she likes to sunbathe" - that's her habit, not a specific plan for a specific holiday. If you add a verb - "When she goes on holiday she'd like to" - it sounds much better.

"Taste" is fine but "try" seems much more natural, taste here sounds a bit more tentative, limited. If I take you to a restaurant and I think their burgers are fantastic and you should order one for yourself - "You should try the burger", probably not taste. If I've ordered something for myself and you want me to give you a tiny little bit so you can find out what it's like - try would work there too, but also "Could I taste a bit of that?"

Is it possible to use "different fishes" instead of "different kinds of fish"?

When you come to the Baltic Sea/ Baltic coast , you should try fishes like trout, cod, plaice or halibut.

I think with "come to", coast is more natural. Coming to the sea strikes me as slightly odd. Not sure if it's wrong, though.

Fish - this one's tricky. You have the right idea earlier - when it's meat, the plural is "fish" - but here I'm not sure. If you were talking about the *actual fish*, like buying living animals for an aquarium, then yes. Buy some fishes, like a trout, some cod. But here I think it's still meat. When you're trying trout, you're getting cooked meat delivered on a plate, not a creature.

I'm tempted to say "try some of the local fish, like trout". But I think "try fish" works.

Fish is sold by the weight and served with chips and a salad set (usually a combination of coleslaw, red cabbage salad and carrot salad).

Is it correct to say: "I have 4 fruits on my plate;: a peach, a kiwi, a mango and a fig"?

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> Is it possible to use "different fishes" instead of "different kinds of fish"?

People would know what you meant, but it would sound weird. I already mentioned fish so I won't say more :)

> Is it correct to say: I have 4 fruits on my plate; a peach a kiwi, a mango and a fig?

Yeah, I think so? Kind of. If you literally had a peach and a kiwi on your plate. Four whole fruits. Then yes, this would be the most obvious thing to say. I'm not sure how often you'd want to say that, though.

If they're cut up, in a salad or something, I think it would be more natural to say something like: "I have four fruits: peach, kiwi, mango and fig." Or "four kinds of fruit".

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orea5

June 8, 2021

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Thank you so much Secretpostman for enlightening me . (Lack of knowledge may be a real "scourge")

Fish/fishes, fruit, fruits


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When on holiday/ during her holidays she'd like to taste/try different kinds of fish in the seaside restaurants.


When on holiday/ dDuring her holidays she'd like to taste/try different kinds of fish in the seaside restaurants.

This is the most natural form for the sentence. You could say "when on holiday" but it sounds a bit... habitual, if you know what I mean? Like you might say "When on holiday, she likes to sunbathe" - that's her habit, not a specific plan for a specific holiday. If you add a verb - "When she goes on holiday she'd like to" - it sounds much better. "Taste" is fine but "try" seems much more natural, taste here sounds a bit more tentative, limited. If I take you to a restaurant and I think their burgers are fantastic and you should order one for yourself - "You should try the burger", probably not taste. If I've ordered something for myself and you want me to give you a tiny little bit so you can find out what it's like - try would work there too, but also "Could I taste a bit of that?"

Is it possible to use "different fishes" instead of "different kinds of fish"?


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

When you come to the Baltic Sea/ Baltic coast , you should try fishes like trout, cod, plaice or halibut.


When you come to the Baltic Sea/ Baltic coast , you should try fishes like trout, cod, plaice or halibut.

I think with "come to", coast is more natural. Coming to the sea strikes me as slightly odd. Not sure if it's wrong, though. Fish - this one's tricky. You have the right idea earlier - when it's meat, the plural is "fish" - but here I'm not sure. If you were talking about the *actual fish*, like buying living animals for an aquarium, then yes. Buy some fishes, like a trout, some cod. But here I think it's still meat. When you're trying trout, you're getting cooked meat delivered on a plate, not a creature. I'm tempted to say "try some of the local fish, like trout". But I think "try fish" works.

Fish is sold by the weight and served with chips and a salad set (usually a combination of coleslaw, red cabbage salad and carrot salad).


Fish is sold by the weight and served with chips and a salad set (usually a combination of coleslaw, red cabbage salad and carrot salad).

Is it correct to say: I have 4 fruits on my plate; a peach a kiwi, a mango and a fig?


Is it correct to say: "I have 4 fruits on my plate;: a peach, a kiwi, a mango and a fig"?

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