Learn English – Proper use in singular: Life is better with a pet or a dog or pets

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I always though that proper sentence would be:

Life is better with a pet.

When you are referring to having only one pet and not generally mean what kind of pet.

But all i find on google and even on translator from my language to English is:

Life is better with pets.

So i don't know which one to use. I know that pets generally mean, well pets as a word for global meaning of "pets".

But i want to suggest that as a single pet, it doesn't mean a cat or a dog, but only one animal.

So i think it should be:

Life is better with a pet?

Why than so many "pets" articles on google when they refer to only one dog?

Which one would be correct?

Best Answer

Life is better with a pet and life is better with pets mean very nearly the same thing because it's a general statement. In both cases a pet or pets is understood to refer to pets in general, not a specific pet or a specific number of pets.

If you were putting the phrase together with a photo, you might choose the singular or plural version depending on the number of animals in the picture. Similarly, you might choose the singular or plural version depending on whether you're thinking of one or more than one specific pets. But the sentiment expressed in both phrases is exactly the same.

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