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Ask for help > COULD YOU HELP ME??? ARE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COUNTABLE OR UNCOUNTABLE?
COULD YOU HELP ME??? ARE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COUNTABLE OR UNCOUNTABLE?
casmo
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COULD YOU HELP ME??? ARE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COUNTABLE OR UNCOUNTABLE?
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COULD YOU EXPLAIN ME? IS IT FRUIT AND FRUITS? IS IT VEGETABLE AND VEGETABLES? SOMEONE TOLD ME THIS: FRUIT : UNCOUNTABLE VEGETABLE: COUNTABLE |
4 Apr 2016
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redcamarocruiser
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Fruit is one of those words that is both countable and uncountable. https://www.englishclub.com/ref/esl/Nouns_that_are_Count_and_Noncount/fruit_2975.htm UNCOUNTABLE example Would you like some fruit for breakfast? COUNTABLE example Apples are one of my favorite fruits. Eat 3 frutis a day. Vegetables is countable. You need to eat 5 servings of fruits and vegetables per day. You cannot say, Eat some vegetable. It must be �vegetables �. "I had some vegetable for lunch" also does not work. |
4 Apr 2016
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MimaMaxima
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FRUIT one of those words that can be both, but when it �s countable it changes its meaning because the word is already in plural. FRUITS means "kinds of fruit/vegetables" Like with the word PEOPLE. It �s already plural. You can �t say "I �ve met two peoples", right? Well, you can, but PEOPLES means "the members of a particular nation or ethnic group". As in "I �ve met the indigenous peoples of Australia".
Or WATER (uncountable), but there are WATERS - meaning the rivers, lakes, sea of the country for example. So when you say you "have 5 fruits" it means you have 5 different types of fruit. However, when we talk about things in general we always use plural: "I like cats", "I eat fruit" - it �s already plural (like people) but "I like vegetables" (as stated in the previous comment)
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5 Apr 2016
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douglas
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Fruit:
Imagine you have a basket that contains 4 bananas, 2 apples, 3 pears, and an orange
Uncountable: "How much fruit is in the basket?" answer: 10 pieces
Countable: "how many fruits are in the basket?" answer: 4 fruits (bananas, apples, pears, orange)
Vegetables:
Imagine you are having dinner and on the table you find: a bowl of green beans, a bowl of peas, and a plate full of carrots
Uncountable: "How much vegetables did you eat?" answer: 3 servings ( two servings of peas and one serving of carrots) <<Note: this usage is much less common than the former and some argue it should be "vegetable"; however, common use (USA) in my experience is to use the plural form despite its uncountable nature.>>
Countable: "How many vegetables did you eat?" answer: 2 (peas and carrots)
So your friend is (more or less) correct |
5 Apr 2016
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alien boy
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I usually think of �fruits � as being shorthand for �kinds of fruit �, if that helps you to remember when you can use the plural form (when talking about the plant specific noun, anyway).
The singular noun �vegetable � is really only used for counting: one vegetable, two vegetables, etc.
Cheers,
AB |
5 Apr 2016
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