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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

singular or plural

Which on is correct, and are both forms of nutrients correct?

Eating lots of 'fat or fats' is bad.
Eating lots of 'protein or proteins' is bad.
Eating lots of 'carbohydrate or carbohydrates' is bad.

I am not sure why the singular version sounds better in the first two, but the plural (carbohydrates) sounds better in the third. What do you think?
  

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Anonymous Which on is correct, and are both forms of nutrients correct? Both are correct; the words can be countable or uncountable nouns. The only confusion is that 'fat' also refers to the fatty part of a cut of meat, not the variety of nutrient.

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous Which on is correct, and are both forms of nutrients correct?
  • Both are correct; the words can be countable or uncountable nouns.
  • The only confusion is that 'fat' also refers to the fatty part of a cut of meat, not the variety of nutrient.
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AnonymousWhich on is correct, and are both forms of nutrients correct?
Both are correct; the words can be countable or uncountable nouns. The only confusion is that 'fat' also refers to the fatty part of a cut of meat, not the variety of nutrient.
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Mister MicawberBoth are correct; the words can be countable or uncountable nouns. The only confusion is that 'fat' also refers to the fatty part of a cut of meat, not the variety of nutrient.
I see. But both forms convey too much of them, which are the countable and uncountable nouns.

Why does only the fat refer to that? It that case it can refer to t
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Anonymous But both forms convey too much of them
What do you mean? I don't understand.
AnonymousWhy does only the fat refer to that?
It does not; I explained that that is only one of its meanings.
AnonymousIs that just the case with fat where it is known to be the fatty part of a cut of meat, maybe?
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Mister MicawberAnonymous But both forms convey too much of themWhat do you mean? I don't understand.
What I meant is that do either versions of the words in the sentences convey that eating a lot of them is bad, eg, too much fat or fats; protein or proteins. In other words, do they mean the same in terms of getting a large quantity of that nutrient?
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Anonymousdo they mean the same in terms of getting a large quantity of that nutrient?
Yes, that's right.
AnonymousIs that one of its meaning only specifically to the fat nutrient and not the others?
Right.
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Mister MicawberYes, that's right.
Thanks, MM. So in general either form in these sentences would convey the same meaning since the words function as countable and uncountable, with the only exception of the one confusion that may come from 'fat'. Am I right?
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Mister Micawber AnonymousWhich on is correct, and are both forms of nutrients correct?Both are correct; the words can be countable or uncountable nouns. The only confusion is that 'fat' also refers to the fatty part of a cut of meat, not the variety of nutrient.
Hi MM, I have a question regarding this matter please. Do you mean in these examples that both word
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Mister MicawberRight, right, right.
Thank you very much MM. I was thinkg about this, and I appreciate your confirmation.
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