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Anatbs Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

count nouns and non-count nouns

Hello all,
I have a question.
Is it correct to say "feed the baby some banana"?
or "feed some banana to the baby"?

is the "some" correct? how is it different from other nouns I may put after it?

thank you.
  

Top answer

'Some' plus the noncount form works with many food items. When we are no longer dealing with the individual plants or animals, we can consider the foodstuff an uncountable-- often (but not necessarily) because it is mashed, chopped or otherwise de-individualized: I fed the baby some banana/hamburger (a quantity of that substance) I fed the baby half a banana / a hamburger (a segment of one of the fruit/sandwich)

— Mister Micawber

  • 'Some' plus the noncount form works with many food items.
  • When we are no longer dealing with the individual plants or animals, we can consider the foodstuff an uncountable-- often (but not necessarily) because it is mashed, chopped or otherwise de-individualized: I fed the baby some banana/hamburger (a quantity of that substance) I fed the baby half a banana / a hamburger (a segment of one of the fruit/sandwich)
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'Some' plus the noncount form works with many food items. When we are no longer dealing with the individual plants or animals, we can consider the foodstuff an uncountable-- often (but not necessarily) because it is mashed, chopped or otherwise de-individualized:

I fed the baby some banana/hamburger (a quantity of that substance)

I fed the baby half a banana / a hambur
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How about food , drink and effort? I saw all these 3 words in the form of countable and uncountable.

His efforts were much appreciated. He must put more effort into his work. Make an effort to climb up a mountain.
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Many, many nouns can be found used both countably and uncountably.
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