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Help Wanted Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
Singular/Plural, Thanks!
With words like Fruit and Vegetable, do we put "s" after them?
For example, if I want to get people to guess a riddle by writing:
It feels heavy.
It looks like ( a kind of fruit or fruit or fruits????????)
It tastes juicy.
Guess a kind of (fruit or fruits?????)
If I want people to guess other riddles by giving clues such as:
Guess a kind of (dessert or desserts????)
(Vegetable or vegetables????)
Thanks for helping, teachers! ^o^
For example, if I want to get people to guess a riddle by writing:
It feels heavy.
It looks like ( a kind of fruit or fruit or fruits????????)
It tastes juicy.
Guess a kind of (fruit or fruits?????)
If I want people to guess other riddles by giving clues such as:
Guess a kind of (dessert or desserts????)
(Vegetable or vegetables????)
Thanks for helping, teachers! ^o^
Top answer
a kind of fruit various kinds of fruits the sentence should be in parallel. We don't use s on some words that don't have plural form. But once we do, that means two different types of them.
- a kind of fruit various kinds of fruits the sentence should be in parallel.
- We don't use s on some words that don't have plural form.
- But once we do, that means two different types of them.
- She is running a restaurant serving wine and food(s).
- Americans won't accept that an s being used on ' food '.
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a kind of fruit
various kinds of fruits
the sentence should be in parallel.
We don't use s on some words that don't have plural form. But once we do, that means two different types of them.
She is running a restaurant serving wine and food(s). Americans won't accept that an s being used on ' food '. But it seems that people like to use an s to mean various
various kinds of fruits
the sentence should be in parallel.
We don't use s on some words that don't have plural form. But once we do, that means two different types of them.
She is running a restaurant serving wine and food(s). Americans won't accept that an s being used on ' food '. But it seems that people like to use an s to mean various
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"It looks like an apple."
"It looks like a strawberry."
"Guess what kind of dessert I've got here." or
"Guess what dessert I've got here."
"It looks like a strawberry."
"Guess what kind of dessert I've got here." or
"Guess what dessert I've got here."
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Many thanks to both teacher whl626 and buggah for helping again! ^o^
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. Not a teacher, so you'd better double confirm with some good teachers hah
. Not a teacher, so you'd better double confirm with some good teachers hah 0
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