Grammar

I've never heard that phrase...can you use it in a sentence?

Plural of sweet is sweets.

Even if you have a lot of ice, I don't think it would be proper to say ices. Some water is frozen and became solid is uncountable to the best of my knowledge of English.

Does ices exists?

That's correct, Andre. "ices" is not a word. The plural of it is like the plural of the word "deer".

one "deer", a lot of "deer"

a piece of "ice", a lot of "ice"

The only situation that "ice" could be treated as a countable noun would be if a dessert or some other food item was called an "ice". In this case, a shop could sell "ices".

RB, please tell us what is being referred to.

I've seen the use of "ices" Dave mentioned.
Also, I think "ice" was used some time ago to mean "icecream" in British English. In that case, the word would be countable too.

I've seen the use of "ices" Dave mentioned.
Also, I think "ice" was used some time ago to mean "icecream" in British English. In that case, the word would be countable too.

"Ice" and "deer", though, as used in the example, are not examples of the same rule.
"Deer" is a countable noun with an irregular plural.
"Ice" is generally uncountable, and when used as such it has no

Thanks for clearing that up, Miriam. I wasn't really working on the rules, though. I was just giving an example of similar word. hehe, I guess I need to crack open an English book sometime, especially since I don't have any actual teaching degree, and lots of people here seem to have one! *feelin' ***

Haogide,

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Btw: I'm not a teacher either - I definitely feel a little insecure around some of our "super teachers" - lol it's always back to the books for me too

hehe, thanks for the encouragement and support! This site rocks!

Hi Haogide.

Listen to the boss! ~L~
No one can possibly know everything, and that's certainly not a reason for feeling stupid.
None of us will ever know everything, but we all keep learning new things in the forums daily.

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