Hello everyone,

I need your advice again.

Yesterday I had (ate) two fishes for supper.

Is this sentence correct? By two fishes, I mean grilled fish.

Thanks in advance.

 

correctly, the sentence should read,

"Yesterday, I had (ate) two fish for supper."

Fish is both a plural and singular noun.

DMSaruman

 

As noted above, one fish -> two fish.

"Fishes" is incorrect.

 

Hi dmsaruman,

Thanks for your advice.
By the way, is the comma after "Yesterday" a must?

 

I wouldn't put the comma in, Akasaka.

 

Thanks, Dimcl, for your feedback.

 

There should be a comma after yesterday, if yesterday appears at the beginning of a sentence.

You could also say: "I had two fish for dinner yesterday" (with no commas)

 

Why is that, Nzfauna? What's different about the word "yesterday" that requires a comma after it?

 

It's not different. It's the same as other introductory words, like:

However, xxxx
Nevertheless, xxxx
Separately, xxxx
On 12 June, xxxx
Reportedly, xxxx

 

I'm lost... why is it an introductory word? It's a description of when he ate the fish ie:

"This morning I had a bagel for breakfast"
This afternoon I'm going for a walk"
"Tomorrow I'm going to have grapefruit for breakfast"
"Today I'm going for a drive"

Would you really put a comma after each of those time-descriptive words?

 

Yep, probably. However, I would much more frequently put these time marker at the end of the utterance. Proably just a stylistic thing.

 

I've been accused of being "comma happy" many times but this is honestly the first time I've heard this!

"Tonight I'll go to bed puzzling over this issue"
"Tomorrow I'll do some research and figure it out"

 

Meanwhile, I have decided to go to bed. I might think about it tomorrow.