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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
"Vegetables"
I speak English as a first language, but a friend of mine doesn't. We had a long debate last night about the use of adjectives wth "vegetables."
My thought was that "How many vegetables are we serving our guests" had to do with the number of kinds, not volume or weight. I also thought that "How much vegetables are we serving?" was the weight question, as in "How much meat?".
Any ideas?
Chet Hammann
My thought was that "How many vegetables are we serving our guests" had to do with the number of kinds, not volume or weight. I also thought that "How much vegetables are we serving?" was the weight question, as in "How much meat?".
Any ideas?
Chet Hammann
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I agree with your grammar. Part of the problem is that they are both slightly unusual questions: the first because it's normally one or two, and who cares?, and for the second, in a real situation we would ask 'how much broccoli...?"
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The tone of the question sounded ambiguous, if not odd, to me. It could mean "how many kinds of Veg...? or just pure quantity. But I presumed the former because when we had guests, my wife and I would talk about what type of vegetables shoud be served. But I can see where the misconception lies with foreign speakers.
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