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Sara Saad Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
which ( smells - smell )
This food smells awful
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This food smell awful
or
This food smell awful
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Hello Sara and welcome to English Forums. In this case, "food" is non-countable so you use the singular form of the verb. "
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- In this case, "food" is non-countable so you use the singular form of the verb.
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Hello Sara and welcome to English Forums.
In this case, "food" is non-countable so you use the singular form of the verb.
Food can be countable, but that would be "These foods" instead of "This food" and would require a different context, like "These foods taste very strange to most Americans." We use "food" as a countable noun much less often than the uncountable "food."
In this case, "food" is non-countable so you use the singular form of the verb.
Food can be countable, but that would be "These foods" instead of "This food" and would require a different context, like "These foods taste very strange to most Americans." We use "food" as a countable noun much less often than the uncountable "food."
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