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Lcchang Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Count and Non-Count

0Please see the following sentences. Do I put the right Be Verbs? Please advise.02br
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00Coke and pizza 01font00is 02font00today's dinner. 02br
00Milk and cookies 01font00are02font00 my favorite food. 02br
00There 01font00is02font00 coffee and tea on the table. 02br
00There 01font00are02font00 water and sandwiches on the table. 0-
  

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0 These are quite variable. 02br 00Coke and pizza 01font 00is 02font 00today's dinner. 02font 02br 00Milk and cookies 01font 00are02font 00 my favorite food.

— CalifJim

  • 0 These are quite variable.
  • 02br 00Coke and pizza 01font 00is 02font 00today's dinner.
  • 02font 02br 00Milk and cookies 01font 00are02font 00 my favorite food.
  • 01font 00Awkward.
  • 02i 02font 02br 00There 01font 00is02font 00 coffee and tea on the table.
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0 These are quite variable. People say them different ways.02br
00Coke and pizza 01font00is 02font00today's dinner. 01font00OK.02font02br
00Milk and cookies 01font00are02font00 my favorite food. 01font00Awkwar
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0"Milk and cookies 01font00are02font00 my favorite food. 01font00Awkward. I'd say 01i00is my favorite snack."02i02font02br
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01i01font00CJ, why do you prefer snack over food?02font02i02br
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0Because there is only one food (and one beverage), from the viewpoint of those who do not consider milk a food. 02br
00That argues for: 01i00Milk is my favorite beverage, and cookies is my favorite food.02i00 But 01i00cookies is02i00 is awkward, and the whole sentence seems too far away from the original question asked.02br

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0I think we look at it from very different perspectives. I always think of food as a uncountable noun, maybe because I haven't mastered the countable version. So, cookies and milk or any other combination of edible things are food to me. I have nothing against snack, in fact, I know cookies always goes with milk and they are viewed as a unit and taken as snacks. Because of the reasoning I just m
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0 Well it certainly wouldn't be the end of the world if you used 01i00Milk and cookies is my favorite food02i00. 05002br
00By the way, the use of 01i00my favorite02i00 makes 01i00food02i00 countable. It implies the existence of other food01b00s02b00 that are not 01i00my favorit
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0LOL. As long as there's food, it is not the end of the world. That's what my dog thinks. 050010id49
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