The plural of Zebra (Guest:Sue)

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	Guest  #3927  Mon, 11 Aug 03 02:17 PM Can we say "There are no zebras in the zoo"? Or should we say "There are no zebra in the zoo"? Which one is correct?    Guest
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	hitchhiker  #3935  Mon, 11 Aug 03 02:56 PM "There are no zebras in the zoo"    hitchhiker Joined on Mon, Nov 18 2002 Malta, Europe Senior Member (3,479) "OK, so ten out of ten for style, but minus several million for good thinking, yeah?"
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	Anonymous  #266501  Wed, 13 Sep 06 05:58 PM OED says it can be either zebra or zebras. 3 years to get that answer    Anonymous
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	Logicman  #266632  Thu, 14 Sep 06 12:23 AM In the UK, stop any person in the street and ask your question. They will automatically answer "zebras". One zebra, two zebra is a very old form, no longer generally used.    Logicman Joined on Tue, Sep 5 2006 London, UK New Member (27) Patrick. Relax, it's just an opinion.
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	RedGunner  #266647  Thu, 14 Sep 06 12:57 AM Both sentences are correct! There are no Zebra's in the zoo. There are no Zebra in the zoo.    RedGunner Joined on Sat, Sep 9 2006 New Member (05)
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	Nef  #266650  Thu, 14 Sep 06 01:07 AM  Logicman wrote: In the UK, stop any person in the street and ask your question. They will automatically answer "zebras". One zebra, two zebra is a very old form, no longer generally used. It's the same in the US, as far as I know. (Even though the dictionary says that "zebra" can be singular or plural.)    Nef Joined on Sun, Jan 1 2006 California, USA Regular Member (638)
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	Philip  #267514  Fri, 15 Sep 06 04:11 PM  RedGunner wrote: Both sentences are correct! There are no Zebra's in the zoo.No apostrophe is needed to form the plural. There are no Zebra in the zoo.    Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 USA Pacific Northwest (Seattle) Veteran Member (6,181) At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen
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	Clive  #267686  Fri, 15 Sep 06 11:23 PM Hi, A small comment that you don't need to capitalize zebra. Best wishes, Clive    Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member (21,184) El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo
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	Anonymous  #490435  Tue, 18 Mar 08 10:27 PM Sorry but no. I and all my family would always say zebra as we would stadia, cacti and fish not fishes. It depends on your education..in my case private school with several years of Latin..the same can probably be said of people who never use the word fewer but say less items.    Anonymous
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