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Soprano Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Butter and chocolate are all fats!!!

Hello, Can you help me? the following sentence did not sound natural to me. Do you think it is correct?

"Butter and chocolate are all fats".

thank you !
  

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No. Butter and chocolate are both fats.

— Mister Micawber

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No.

Butter and chocolate are both fats.
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Great! I understand what you mean, but the person wanted to say that they are pure fat.

Is it incorrect in that context?

Thank you!
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I am not a chemist or a nutritionist; I am just a wannabe grammarian. So grammatically, the original is very confusing. Try this:

Butter and chocolate are all fat-- but I would still opt for 'pure' or '100%'.
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Mister MicawberI am not a chemist or a nutritionist;
Ditto! I think we can agree butteris fat, chocolate itself is not but the sugar, cocoa butter in making chocolate is. So if we want to be absolutely correct, it should be " Butter and chocolate are both fattening ".
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