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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Variable nouns: Kind of soup or fruit
Hi,
Why is that I seem to see this pattern "kind of soup" used a lot but don't see "kind of fruit" used a lot when both soup and fruit seem to be variable nouns?
What kind of soup would you like?
What fruit or kind of fruit would you like?
What soup would you like? -- this one we don't use a lot or doesn't seem finely constructed.
Why is that I seem to see this pattern "kind of soup" used a lot but don't see "kind of fruit" used a lot when both soup and fruit seem to be variable nouns?
What kind of soup would you like?
What fruit or kind of fruit would you like?
What soup would you like? -- this one we don't use a lot or doesn't seem finely constructed.
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Hi, Why is that I seem to see this pattern "kind of soup" used a lot but don't see "kind of fruit" used a lot when both soup and fruit seem to be variable nouns? What kind of soup would you like? What fruit or kind of fruit would you like?
- Hi, Why is that I seem to see this pattern "kind of soup" used a lot but don't see "kind of fruit" used a lot when both soup and fruit seem to be variable nouns?
- What kind of soup would you like?
- What fruit or kind of fruit would you like?
- What soup would you like?
- -- this one we don't use a lot or doesn't seem finely constructed.
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Hi,
Why is that I seem to see this pattern "kind of soup" used a lot but don't see "kind of fruit" used a lot when both soup and fruit seem to be variable nouns?
What kind of soup would you like?
What fruit or kind of fruit would you like?
What soup would you like? -- this one we don't use a lot or doesn't seem finely constructed.
What kind of soup . . / wha
Why is that I seem to see this pattern "kind of soup" used a lot but don't see "kind of fruit" used a lot when both soup and fruit seem to be variable nouns?
What kind of soup would you like?
What fruit or kind of fruit would you like?
What soup would you like? -- this one we don't use a lot or doesn't seem finely constructed.
What kind of soup . . / wha
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Thank you. Would you say these are idiomatic? Would you say these are correct grammatically? I think they are all variable nouns.
Thinking of them as examples:
What food/fruit/soup would you like to have for dinner?
What food/fruit/soup is your favorite?
Out of all three, if one or two out three is idiomatic, why is it one is termed unidiomatic?
Thinking of them as examples:
What food/fruit/soup would you like to have for dinner?
What food/fruit/soup is your favorite?
Out of all three, if one or two out three is idiomatic, why is it one is termed unidiomatic?
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The one that is not used is What food would you like to have for dinner?
It obvious that we would not have any non-food items for dinner... The word "food" is never used in practice: What do you want for dinner?
We also say:
What kind of food do you want for dinner? (When we are deciding to go to an Italian, Chinese, Greek, Bar-b-que, et.c restaurant)
It obvious that we would not have any non-food items for dinner... The word "food" is never used in practice: What do you want for dinner?
We also say:
What kind of food do you want for dinner? (When we are deciding to go to an Italian, Chinese, Greek, Bar-b-que, et.c restaurant)
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Thank you. Are these ungrammatical?
Do you think being ungrammatical and being unidiomatic are two different matters?
What food is your favorite?
What three foods are most typical of your home town?
Do you think being ungrammatical and being unidiomatic are two different matters?
What food is your favorite?
What three foods are most typical of your home town?
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AnonymousDo you think being ungrammatical and being unidiomatic are two different matters?Yes. Yes. Yes.
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