Vocabulary
Hello everyone,
A. Can the word "dumpling: a small ball of dough" be pluralised as follows?
1.There're three dumplings on the table.
B. Can I use the verb "cut" and "make" with this word (dumpling) as follows?
2. He made three dumplings.
3. He cut three dumplings.
C. If you have a better word other than "made", could you please provide me with it?
Regards,
JA
Top answer
Joseph A 1. There're There are three dumplings in the pan on the table. "there're" is not an accepted contraction, but if you want something shorter than "there are", believe it or not, in casual contexts you can use "there's", even with a plural subject as in your sentence above.
- Joseph A 1.
- There're There are three dumplings in the pan on the table.
- "there're" is not an accepted contraction, but if you want something shorter than "there are", believe it or not, in casual contexts you can use "there's", even with a plural subject as in your sentence above.
- The dumplings would not be directly on the table.
- Joseph A 2.
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Joseph A1.There'reThere are three dumplings in the pan on the table.
"there're" is not an accepted contraction, but if you want something shorter than "there are", believe it or not, in casual contexts you can use "there's", even with a plural subject as in your sentence abo
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