Herring
The plural is herrings, but shad, trout, bass, pike, pickerel,
grayling, have no plural form. "I caught three bass and seven fine
pickerel this morning."
Grouse
The names of game birds, as grouse, quail, snipe, woodcock, usually
take no plural form.
Pea
Considered individually the plural is peas; when referring to the crop
the proper form is pease.
Penny
"He gave me twelve bright new pennies," referring to the individual
coins. "I paid him twelve pence," meaning a shilling.
Wharf
Plural, generally wharves in America; wharfs in England.
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CHAPTER VII
Adverbs
The clearness of the sentence is often dependent upon the proper
placing of the adverb. No absolute rule can be laid down, but it
should generally be placed before the word it qualifies. It is
sometimes necessary to place it after the verb, and occasionally
between the auxiliary and the verb, but it should never come between
to and the infinitive.
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