John's ice cream

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Can I say,(a) The children love to buy John's ice cream because his ice cream is cheap and tasty.

Philip · Accepted Answer

Vincent TeoCan I say,

(a) The children love to buy John's ice cream because his ice cream is cheap and tasty.

A good place for a pronoun [it].

Vincent Teo · Answer

CAn Isay,

(a) He wakes up early to make many ice cream. ("ice cream" can be counted?)

Anonymous · Answer

CAn Isay,

(a) He wakes up early to make many ice cream. ("ice cream" can be counted?)

The short answer is no, you can't say that. "Ice cream" is singular. If you are talking about something countable, you can say "He wakes up early to make many ice cream cones." That is still a little awkward though, you would more likely say "He wakes up early to make a lot of ice cream cones." or slightly more informally, "He wakes up early to make lots of ice cream cones." Interestingly, "a lot of" and "lots of" can also be used with the singular "ice cream", as in "He wakes up early to make a lot of/lots of ice cream." Hope this helps.

CalifJim · Answer

If the intent is to say that he makes many different flavours of ice cream, you can say ... to make many ice creams. But as it stands, your sentence has the mistake of using many with a singular noun.

CJ

Vincent Teo · Answer

CAn I say,

(a) He makes the children by selling ice cream.

Hoa Thai · Answer

Vincent TeoCAn I say,

(a) He makes the children by selling ice cream. Sorry, Vincent - I don't understand what you mean at all!

Marius Hancu · Answer

Vincent TeoCAn I say,

(a) He makes the children by selling ice cream.

Interesting

This means:

He procreates/gives birth to the children by selling ice cream.

Vincent Teo · Answer

Sorry, the sentence is :

(a) He makes the children happy by selling ice cream.

Doll · Answer

Yes, you can say this.

John's ice cream

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