Nice one, Gail
Roger, I don't disagree with anything in your last post except the final sentence. I think that if you saw birds, cats, lions and elephants, you'd say "I saw animals," and if someone asked you, "Did you see any animals?", you would answer yes even if all you saw were birds.
I'm pretty sure I would say 'birds and animals' in the first case. In the second a plain 'Yes' would be misleading and need expansion, so I would probably say "No, but there were a lot of birds."
I'm genuinely curious about this, and hope I'm not developing a tin ear.
Anyway, now John has clarified the rubrics, good luck with your entries, whether fur, feather, fish, fly or frog.
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