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bird flies vs birds fly

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Bird flies' is correct when referring to a single bird flying, while 'birds fly' is correct when talking about multiple birds flying.

Last updated: March 27, 2024 • 8904 views

bird flies

This phrase is correct when referring to a single bird flying.

Use 'bird flies' when you want to talk about a single bird in flight.

Examples:

  • Look at how gracefully the bird flies through the sky.
  • With all three stabilising assists out, that bird flies like a kite in a twister.
  • WHEN THE TICK BIRD FLIES AWAY. SIMILARLY, I SUPPLY BRIAN WITH AN OBJECT OF SCORN AND RIDICULE,

Alternatives:

  • The bird is flying

birds fly

This phrase is correct when talking about multiple birds flying.

Use 'birds fly' when you want to describe a group of birds in flight.

Examples:

  • Look at how the birds fly in formation across the sky.
  • It's like when birds fly into the engines of an aircraft.
  • I bet the birds fly backwards around here... to keep the dust out of their eyes.
  • - You ever see birds fly like that?
  • Birds fly away from danger, away from predators.
  • Why do birds fly upside down over the state of west virginia?
  • 'Cause birds fly and we have airplanes, that's the deal;
  • Birds fly in here and sit on these bars.
  • Birds fly to stay alive, And it's exhausting.
  • - Hm. Birds fly and pigs don't.
  • (Exhales) Birds fly in flocks, okay?
  • Because some birds fly better solo.
  • Here not even birds fly by without an okay.
  • When autumn comes the birds fly to the south.
  • It is typical bottleneck site, where the migratory birds fly low above the land.
  • But in a world without humans, there is no power, so migrating birds fly more safely through major cities.
  • You make too much noise, the birds fly off in the bushes.
  • Are you watching birds fly around my head again?
  • If it's so polluted, why don't all those birds fly to a cleaner lake?
  • It's why, every spring, these beautiful birds fly north to find each other again after a long, lonely winter apart.
  • See, I have a friend at The New York Times would love to know that there is a division of the FBI operating out of Harvard with a man who can make dead birds fly.

Alternatives:

  • The birds are flying

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