1. In the clear water we saw a school of .

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1.  In the clear water we saw a school of                      .

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The prompt asks to complete the sentence: 'In the clear water we saw a school of ________.'

Since there are no answer options provided, we can reason about the natural grammar and common usage. A 'school' is a group of swimming fish, so the noun that completes this phrase is 'fish'. The standard idiom is 'a school of fish', which correctly uses the plural form 'fish' when referring to multiple individuals of the same species.

Why not other possibilities? If one were to use a different noun (e.g., 'sharks' or 'boats'), the phrase would still be grammatical but would change the meaning from a general school of fish to a different subject, which contradicts the given clue that the group is a school underwater. The word 'fish' is appropriate here because it collectively labels the individuals in the school as a unit, rather than implying multiple species (which would often use 'fishes' in some contexts, though 'fish' is standard for multiple individuals of the same species).

In sum, the most natural and correct completion for this sentence is 'fish', yielding the familiar 'a school of fish'.

CLA 030 001 WQ 2025 Homework 42: Words of Interesting Origin, p. 299

1. In the clear water we saw a school of .

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