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Moon7296 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Fruit and vegetables
You should try to eat a lot of fruit and vegetables
I don't know why 'fruit' without s but s with 'vegetable.'
Is that because one fruit and many vegetables?
I don't know why 'fruit' without s but s with 'vegetable.'
Is that because one fruit and many vegetables?
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' Is that because one fruit and many vegetables? It's because fruit is generally used as a non-count noun, and vegetable is a count noun. This carrot is a vegetable.
- ' Is that because one fruit and many vegetables?
- It's because fruit is generally used as a non-count noun, and vegetable is a count noun.
- This carrot is a vegetable.
- This pear is a piece of fruit.
- They sell vegetables in the market: beans, corn, peas, potatoes, celery and onions.
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moon7296You should try to eat a lot of fruit and vegetablesIt's because fruit is generally used as a non-count noun, and vegetable is a count noun.
I don't know why 'fruit' without s but s with 'vegetable.'
Is that because one fruit and many vegetables?
This carrot is a vegetable.
This pear is a piece of fruit
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Hi,
For some reason, we seem to get a lot of questions about the word 'fruits'.
For some reason, we seem to get a lot of questions about the word 'fruits'.
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CliveIn my experience, the word is not used very often by native speakers.And it has a slang meaning that shouldn't be used in polite company.
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Thank you for the answer..
English is really complex when it comes to non/counterble nouns.
According to my dictionary, fruit is either counterble or noncounterble; Words belong to it confuse me a lot ?.? <= I think this is non-native speakers difficulty ?.?.
Anyway, I have found some meanings of it when used as a slang..
Then do you usually say the name of
English is really complex when it comes to non/counterble nouns.
According to my dictionary, fruit is either counterble or noncounterble; Words belong to it confuse me a lot ?.? <= I think this is non-native speakers difficulty ?.?.
Anyway, I have found some meanings of it when used as a slang..
Then do you usually say the name of
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Hi,
Why don't you try to write a few sentences, and then we can check them for you?
(The word also has some slang meanings that are not at all important to this discussion.)
Clive
Why don't you try to write a few sentences, and then we can check them for you?
(The word also has some slang meanings that are not at all important to this discussion.)
Clive
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Yes, the uncountable nouns are complicated and need a lot of practice, especially when the word can be in either class, such as fruit.
If you are talking in general about those things that you are going to eat directly, it is frequently used as a noncount noun. I have seen the plural form used, though.
We always have fruit for breakfast. Fruit here implies that y
If you are talking in general about those things that you are going to eat directly, it is frequently used as a noncount noun. I have seen the plural form used, though.
We always have fruit for breakfast. Fruit here implies that y
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Thank you for giving me a new point of view to.
Difficulty is just difficulty -.-;;; There's no choice......but what should do is.....find a way to learn it and difficult things easier...
Anyway.,,you said 'Yes, the uncountable nouns are complicated and need a lot of practice.' This doesn't mean you and other native speakers may need to practise, does it?
Difficulty is just difficulty -.-;;; There's no choice......but what should do is.....find a way to learn it and difficult things easier...
Anyway.,,you said 'Yes, the uncountable nouns are complicated and need a lot of practice.' This doesn't mean you and other native speakers may need to practise, does it?
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