Species issues

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Species issues

by ssgmatter » Wed Apr 07, 2010 7:41 am
can anyone please tell me that whether species is plural or singular??? I am badly confused with this one....

Please suggest some examples on this...

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by subgeeth » Wed Apr 07, 2010 7:54 am
Species can be singular or plural

Some words ending in -s can be singular or plural. For instance:


series a television series several television series
species a species of animals three species of animals
means a means of transport many means of transport

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by ssgmatter » Wed Apr 07, 2010 8:07 am
Thanks Subgeeth!

Can you gives some good sentences to clarify this one more.

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by subgeeth » Wed Apr 07, 2010 8:20 am
That species is beautiful.
Those species are beautiful

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