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Believer Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Can it be also like this?
Hi,
I was looking at the Collins Cobuild Compact English Learner's Dictionary for the word 'cake' and it noted as this:
N-VAR A cake is a sweet food made by baking a mixture of flour, eggs, sugar, and fat.
My question is the word 'food' also being a variable noun, can it also be like this?
A cake is sweet food made by baking a mixture of flour, eggs, sugar, and fat.
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I was looking at the Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner's Dictionary and it noted the following for the word 'parking':
Parking is space for parking vehicle in.
My question to that is "Can it be like this?"
Parking is a space for parking vehicle in.
I was looking at the Collins Cobuild Compact English Learner's Dictionary for the word 'cake' and it noted as this:
N-VAR A cake is a sweet food made by baking a mixture of flour, eggs, sugar, and fat.
My question is the word 'food' also being a variable noun, can it also be like this?
A cake is sweet food made by baking a mixture of flour, eggs, sugar, and fat.
Also,
I was looking at the Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner's Dictionary and it noted the following for the word 'parking':
Parking is space for parking vehicle in.
My question to that is "Can it be like this?"
Parking is a space for parking vehicle in.
Top answer
I'd say a cake is a food. a food = a kind (type) of food As to parking, I think it is a space. No Idea why they omitted the article in Collins.
- I'd say a cake is a food.
- a food = a kind (type) of food As to parking, I think it is a space.
- No Idea why they omitted the article in Collins.
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I'd say a cake is a food.
a food = a kind (type) of food
As to parking, I think it is a space. No Idea why they omitted the article in Collins.
a food = a kind (type) of food
As to parking, I think it is a space. No Idea why they omitted the article in Collins.
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Hi Believer
You wrote, 'I was looking at the Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner's Dictionary...'
The name of the dictionary is Collins Cobuild English Dictionary for Advanced Learners.
I think it is important to write the name of the dictionary correctly. I hope you agree with me.
You wrote, 'I was looking at the Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner's Dictionary...'
The name of the dictionary is Collins Cobuild English Dictionary for Advanced Learners.
I think it is important to write the name of the dictionary correctly. I hope you agree with me.
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