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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Countable or uncountable in cooking instructions
Hi. In cooking instructions, what should we use? If both are correct, can you tell me one sentential situation in which one would be correct, whereas the other wouldn't?
You have to cut up the/some tomatoes/tomato and the/some onions/onion.
You have to cut up the/some tomatoes/tomato and the/some onions/onion.
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Cooking instruction contexts would be: Ingredients: one medium onion, two small tomatoes , a pound of cheese.... Instructions: First, cut up the onion and the tomatoes into thin slices... Ingredients: two small onions, one large tomato , a pound of cheese...
- Cooking instruction contexts would be: Ingredients: one medium onion, two small tomatoes , a pound of cheese....
- Instructions: First, cut up the onion and the tomatoes into thin slices...
- Ingredients: two small onions, one large tomato , a pound of cheese...
- Instructions: First, cut up the onions and the tomato into thin slices...
- Cf: Ingredients: Three large potatoes , a pound of cheese....
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Cooking instruction contexts would be:
Ingredients: one medium onion, two small tomatoes, a pound of cheese....
Instructions: First, cut up the onion and the tomatoes into thin slices...
Ingredients: two small onions, one large tomato, a pound of cheese...
Instructions: First, cut up the onions and the tomato into thin slices...
Cooking instruction contexts would be:
Ingredients: one medium onion, two small tomatoes, a pound of cheese....
Instructions: First, cut up the onion and the tomatoes into thin slices...
Ingredients: two small onions, one large tomato, a pound of cheese...
Instructions: First, cut up the onions and the tomato into thin slices...
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Thanks. Would you say that you are using the word "potato" generally to refer to the substance rather than individual potatoes in the last words "the potato"? So, I think we can use the word to refer to its substance or individual fruits/vegetables as long as context allows (as it seems to a person) as your use of the words "the potato" as mentioned?
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Yes, that's what I was attempting, though it would be rare for a speaker to switch from countable to non-count in a single utterance.
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Yes, that's what I was attempting, though it would be rare for a speaker to switch from countable to non-count in a single utterance.
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