Cereal/cereals

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Are the following sentences correct:1. My favourite cereal is &lt;name&gt;.2. British people eat cereals for breakfast.3. I eat a cereal for breakfast. (meaning one type/kind of cereal).4. There's a lot of cereal in the bowl.How is it with the countability of the word cereal, then? Is it just an ordinary countable noun or am I mistaken?

Pastsimple · Accepted Answer

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Clive · Answer

Hi,
Are the following sentences correct: Yes, they are.

1. My favourite cereal is <name>.
2. British people eat cereals for breakfast.
3. I eat a cereal for breakfast. (meaning one type/kind of cereal).
4. There's a lot of cereal in the bowl.

How is it with the countability of the word cereal, then? Is it just an ordinary countable noun or am I mistaken? It can be used both ways.
In my experience, it's usually used in the non-count form.
eg British people eat different kinds of cereal for breakfast.

But if you are standing in the cereal aisle of a supermarket, you might say 'There are lots of cereals here'.

Best wishes, Clive

Andromeda13 · Answer

I have never heard anyone say the word "cereals." I know American English, not British, but I have never heard cereals. I think it's like the word moose and goose.

Andromeda13 · Answer

Also, you wouldn't say "a cereal" you would just say I eat cereal for breakfast.  The first and last sentences are correct.

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