A fruit or fruit

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Hi. Should it be the word "fruit" or the words "a fruit" for what supposed to be simple definitions of the word "raspberry" below? For the ellipted part in numbers 1 and 2, let's assume some appropriate descriptive words are there. Thank you in advance for your help.

1. Raspberries are a small ... fruit
2. Raspberries are small ... fruit.

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

Raspberries are small fruits.
A raspberry is a small fruit.

Anonymous · Answer

Thank you again.

You wrote:

Raspberries are small fruits.

Now, would you say the use of the word "fruits" in this conversation is correct. Let's say a distant relative has visited his house, and when he is away he has taken two apples from the apple tree and eaten them. The apples were unfamiliar to him in that they looked different from the apples he has known back where he lives.

How about if we changed the number "two" to the word "some"? Would it be correct, too? Thank you again for your help in advance.

A: I picked two fruits from the tree you had in the backyard.
B: Really? You mean apples.
A: Oh, were they apples? They didn't look like the ones we had back home, but they tasted like apples and tasted good.

Mister Micawber · Answer

AnonymousNow, would you say the use of the word "fruits" in this conversation is correct.

Yes.

A fruit or fruit

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