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Onizo Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Two cereal

Two pieces of cereal on the table.

This is a correct way to count cereal, I guess, but Is it also possible to say, "a cereal (a tiny pieces of cereal) or two cereal"
  

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onizo Two pieces of cereal on the table. I suppose you could say that. More likely we'd say There's some cereal on the table.

— CalifJim

  • onizo Two pieces of cereal on the table.
  • I suppose you could say that.
  • More likely we'd say There's some cereal on the table.
  • onizo Is it also possible to say, "a cereal (a tiny pieces of cereal) or two cereal" No, not when counting the little fragments.
  • A cereal is a kind of cereal.
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onizoTwo pieces of cereal on the table.
I suppose you could say that. More likely we'd say There's some cereal on the table.
onizoIs it also possible to say, "a cereal (a tiny pieces of cereal) or two cereal"
No, not when counting the little fragments. A cereal is a kind of cereal. Oatmeal is a cereal, for e
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CalifJim Two cereals that I've heard of are Cocoa Puffs and Lucky Charms.CJ
Yes. these kinds I was refering to. but I used 'cereal' instead of 'cereals', since I knew you don't count cereal of breakfast. When you heard two cereals refering those, how was your reaction?

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onizoWhen you heard two cereals refering those, how was your reaction?
I wrote the sentence about the two cereals, so of course it's correct! I wouldn't give you a bad sentence.
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Thank you CJ,

When you said two cereals for these LC and P, did you mean boxes of them or the tiny ***** of two pieces of them?
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