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Seagull Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
Cake or cakes
Hello everyone. I have a question.
I find it difficult to use the noun cake correctly in terms of whether it is countable or uncountable. Could you please evaluate each of the following three sentences depending on whether it is natural?
(A) My aunt never visits us without bringing a cake.
(B) My aunt never visits us without bringing cakes.
(C) My aunt never visits us without bringing cake.
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seagull (A) My aunt never visits us without bringing a cake. = she brings one cake. seagull (B) My aunt never visits us without bringing cakes.
- seagull (A) My aunt never visits us without bringing a cake.
- = she brings one cake.
- seagull (B) My aunt never visits us without bringing cakes.
- = she brings more than one cake.
- seagull (C) My aunt never visits us without bringing cake.
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seagull(A) My aunt never visits us without bringing a cake.
= she brings one cake.
seagull(B) My aunt never visits us without bringing cakes.
= she brings more than one cake.
seagull(C) My aunt never visits us without bringing cake.
= she brings one cake or more than one c
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