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Kekel Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

candies vs candy

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00 What sentence would be correct? I looked up on the dic and I found it can be uncountable and countable, so what would be the right for it??02br
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00 I want some candies02br
00 I want some candy02br
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0 01blockquote 01cite 10Kekel12cite 10Hey12br 10 What sentence would be correct? 12br 12br 10 I want some candies12br 10 I want some candy12br 12br 10 thanks12blockquote 10See following sentences:02br 00 You eat too much 00candy00. 02br 00 If u said I want some "candies".

  • 0 01blockquote 01cite 10Kekel12cite 10Hey12br 10 What sentence would be correct?
  • 12br 12br 10 I want some candies12br 10 I want some candy12br 12br 10 thanks12blockquote 10See following sentences:02br 00 You eat too much 00candy00.
  • 02br 00 If u said I want some "candies".
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01cite10Kekel12cite10Hey12br
10 What sentence would be correct? I looked up on the dic and I found it can be uncountable and countable, so what would be the right for it??12br
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10 I want some candies12br
10 I want some candy12br
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10 thanks12blockquote
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0Hi Kekel -- both are correct grammatically, but "I want some candy" is much more common. There is a slight difference in menaing -- "some candies" refers to any number of 01i00individual pieces02i00 of candy, while "some candy" could mean any amount of any type of candy -- one jelly bean, a pound of jelly beans, a small corner of a chocolate bar, etc. 02br
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It would help if there was some authoritative citation in your reply...Misspelling meaning doesn't help your creditability either....
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Hi Anonymous. I'm not sure what authority you expect me to cite in explaining how I would personally use the words. People who post questions here have access to all sorts of reference works; often what they are looking for is the experience or intuition of a native speaker. Sorry about the misspelling. You are the only person who has complained about it in over three years, so I don't think i
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Which one is correct?

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