And as long as "fish" would be in the singular sense that would be just fine.



>I just finished a novel where the adult ospreys flew into the nest 
>with their "mouths full of wriggling silvery fish".
>
>Georgia McDonald   Towson, Balt Co
>
>Jim Boughton wrote:
>>Nothing to do with Maryland, but --- I'm sure some of our experts 
>>can advise him, and others will find the question interesting or 
>>amusing.
>>
>>Jim Boughton
>>Chevy Chase
>>
>>Subject: Raptor experts: quick help please
>>
>>I'm editing a novel in which "a [unspecified] hawk brings down a 
>>[unspecified] goose" . . . and I don't buy it.


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Melanie Lynch
Annapolis