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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
food stuff
Can I say,
He donated some foodstuff / food stuff / stuff to the orphanage.
He donated some foodstuff / food stuff / stuff to the orphanage.
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He donated some food to the orphanage.
- He donated some food to the orphanage.
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I suppose some people might write "food stuff" (or "food-stuff"), but I prefer "foodstuff".
"Foodstuff" means food considered as a substance or commodity. It seems further removed from the actual act of eating than the word "food" does.
"Foodstuff" doesn't work very well in your sentence, but I can't think of a very clear way to explain exactly why. It just doesn't "feel right" f
"Foodstuff" means food considered as a substance or commodity. It seems further removed from the actual act of eating than the word "food" does.
"Foodstuff" doesn't work very well in your sentence, but I can't think of a very clear way to explain exactly why. It just doesn't "feel right" f
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foodstuff is one word.
It's not idiomatic to use it in your sentence.
It's not idiomatic to use it in your sentence.
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These were all Googled. (You can do this yourself, obviously. You may know all this already, but remember that Google throws up a lot of instances of bad English, from both native and non-native speakers. Google Book Search tends to give you more reliable English, but contains a lot of old books with old-fashioned usage patterns, so it's wise to check the publication dates. It might also throw up
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