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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Should it be singular or plural

Experts,

At a restaurant, requesting things like below for the dish that you've just ordered, should the word "sauce" / "spice" be singular or plural?

Please tell the chef to go easy on the spice/spices.
Please tell the chef to go easy on the sauce/sauces.

Thank you.
  

Top answer

Either will work in both cases, but the first makes more sense, as there are likely to be more spices than sauce, and 'sauce' is more usually uncountable than is 'spice'.

— Mister Micawber

  • Either will work in both cases, but the first makes more sense, as there are likely to be more spices than sauce, and 'sauce' is more usually uncountable than is 'spice'.
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Either will work in both cases, but the first makes more sense, as there are likely to be more spices than sauce, and 'sauce' is more usually uncountable than is 'spice'.
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Thank you but don't understand the first part. Are you trying to recommend the plural "spices" there?
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I am not 'trying' to do anything; I have given you a clear answer: Either will work in both cases.
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