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Grammar and Linguistics > Uncountable nouns: Cake or Cakes
Uncountable nouns: Cake or Cakes
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fingerkiss
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Uncountable nouns: Cake or Cakes
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Hello teachers and friends around the world. I decided to start this new post due to I have a doubt with the uncountable noun CAKE, it has plural form: CAKES. Could I say in English? I Want to buy two (three, four) cakes for my party. I mean, I know cake is uncountable noun, but according to the information uncountable nouns don�t have plural form, but it has one. Besides I don�t want to buy two or three pieces of cakes, I really want to buy the two whole cakes. I think this is similar to uncountable noun BREAD. I�ll appreciate your help, although it`s an easy topic I need to know how to teach this in class. hugs from Venezuela
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27 May 2015
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yanogator
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No, it �s actually clearer than bread, because "breads" means different kinds of bread, not multiple loaves of�bread. �"Cake" is both countable and uncountable. You can have "some cake" or you can, as you say, buy three cakes for your party. A humorous example of this fact can be found in the�difference between "I had cake for dessert" and "I had a cake for dessert". Both are correct, but the second is very unhealthy. �Oh, and don�t send hugs from Venezuela. Send arepas! Bruce�
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27 May 2015
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fingerkiss
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your answer was faster than I thought, thank you so much. I understood your explanation, it was a piece of cake =) |
27 May 2015
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fingerkiss
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I forgot it....... arepas for everybody from Venezuela. !!!!!! |
27 May 2015
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