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WesternAmerican Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

I want to eat 'banana, apple and grape' or..

I want to eat a banana, an apple and a grape.
Which one is more correct/natural?
  

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If you are referring to eating fruit and plan to eat exactly one of each kind mentioned, then you should use your second sentence: I want to eat a banana, an apple and a grape. If you are referring to eating fruit, but you might eat more than one of each kind mentioned, then you should use the plural forms: I want to eat (some) banana s , apple s and grape s . OR if you are planning to eat one banana, one apple and more than one grape, you could say this: I want to eat a banana, an apple and some grape s .

— Yankee

  • If you are referring to eating fruit and plan to eat exactly one of each kind mentioned, then you should use your second sentence: I want to eat a banana, an apple and a grape.
  • If you are referring to eating fruit, but you might eat more than one of each kind mentioned, then you should use the plural forms: I want to eat (some) banana s , apple s and grape s .
  • OR if you are planning to eat one banana, one apple and more than one grape, you could say this: I want to eat a banana, an apple and some grape s .
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If you are referring to eating fruit and plan to eat exactly one of each kind mentioned, then you should use your second sentence:
I want to eat a banana, an apple and a grape.

If you are referring to eating fruit, but you might eat more than one of each kind mentioned, then you should use the plural forms:
I want to eat (some) bananas, apples and grape
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