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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
The word "food"
Hi. I believe I have asked a similar question along this line in a thread called "A food or a type of food" some time ago but since I didn't get a reply/response, I hope you will allow me to ask this more clearly articulated question (as it seems to me).
Do you think as for mass nouns like the word "food" the concept involving the phrases "a food" and "a type of food" are and application of the word is basically (?) the same, in other words, could we use both phrases in almost all situations as a viable replacement of each other?
How about these? Do you think the words are used correctly here? Sorry for not providing full sentences.
I think we could use the word "foods" in the second. What do you think?
1) Other foods likely to be banned in school include ...
2) Food likely to be exempted form the ban include ...
Do you think as for mass nouns like the word "food" the concept involving the phrases "a food" and "a type of food" are and application of the word is basically (?) the same, in other words, could we use both phrases in almost all situations as a viable replacement of each other?
How about these? Do you think the words are used correctly here? Sorry for not providing full sentences.
I think we could use the word "foods" in the second. What do you think?
1) Other foods likely to be banned in school include ...
2) Food likely to be exempted form the ban include ...
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) the same, in other words, could we use both phrases in almost all situations as a viable replacement of each other? -- Probably How about these? Do you think the words are used correctly here?
- ) the same, in other words, could we use both phrases in almost all situations as a viable replacement of each other?
- -- Probably How about these?
- Do you think the words are used correctly here?
- -- No; both require the plural countable .
- 1) Other foods likely to be banned in school include ...
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Do you think as for mass nouns like the word "food" the concept involving the phrases "a food" and "a type of food" are and application of the word is basically (?) the same, in other words, could we use both phrases in almost all situations as a viable replacement of each other?-- Probably
How about these? Do you think the words are used correctly here?-- No; bo
Do you think as for mass nouns like the word "food" the concept involving the phrases "a food" and "a type of food" are and application of the word is basically (?) the same, in other words, could we use both phrases in almost all situations as a viable replacement of each other?-- Probably
How about these? Do you think the words are used correctly here?-- No; bo
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