Stem form of a verb against normal form


What's the difference in saying:

> 魚を食べ  
>  魚を食べる

Both mean I will eat the fish but I really have never heard the first manner
of speaking being verbalized. Only ever seen them in social media posts, etc.




Please review your textbook. 食べ is the [連用形 (" _continuative_ form", aka masu-
stem)](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/65953/5010) of 食べる. As the name
suggests, it's one of the forms of a verb that appear before other words. It
cannot end a sentence on its own like the imperative form or the dictionary
form can. If you said 魚を食べ, it would sound like you suddenly stopped speaking
in the middle of a sentence.




Please review your textbook. 食べ is the [連用形 (" _continuative_ form", aka masu-
stem)](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/65953/5010) of 食べる. As the name
suggests, it's one of the forms of a verb that appear before other words. It
cannot end a sentence on its own like the imperative form or the dictionary
form can. If you said 魚を食べ, it would sound like you suddenly stopped speaking
in the middle of a sentence.

