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Lcchang Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

fruit or fruits

Do native speakers say

fruit and vegetables

or

fruits and vegetables

?

Please see the following sentence:

The food, fruits and vegetables, was on the tables.

Does it look ok to you?

Please advise.

LC
  

Top answer

fruits and vegetables The food , fruits and vegetables, was on the tables. food is anything that sustains your body. Thus, fruits and vegetables are foods.

  • fruits and vegetables The food , fruits and vegetables, was on the tables.
  • food is anything that sustains your body.
  • Thus, fruits and vegetables are foods.
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fruits and vegetables
The food, fruits and vegetables, was on the tables.

food is anything that sustains your body. Thus, fruits and vegetables are foods.
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Inchoateknowledgefruits and vegetables
The food, fruits and vegetables, was on the tables.

food is anything that sustains your body. Thus, fruits and vegetables are foods.

Foods? why? Please advise.

LC
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food is either C or U.
they are foods means each of them is food.

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