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Teaching doubt
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Alenka
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Teaching doubt
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Hi there,
I need Your help. How do we say correctly:
a) Do you like pizza? or
b) Do you like pizzas?
I thought a) would be correct, but than I found in Students Book Happy Street 1 b) version.
And how do we say:
a) Do you like hot-dog? or
b) Do you like hot-dogs?
Thanks in advance for your replies.
Gratefully,
Pika
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28 Oct 2008
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matteunsun
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Pizza is uncountable, so we say "Do you like pizza?" As ladybird said, fruit is uncountable too (It�s a collective noun). Similarly, but strangely, spaghetti is uncountable (Do you like spaghetti?) whereas noodles are countable (Do you like noodles?)! Hope it helps... |
28 Oct 2008
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matteunsun
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Sorry - it�s "Do you like hot dogs?" They�re countable... |
28 Oct 2008
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Alenka
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Thank you so much for your answers,
greetings
Pika
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28 Oct 2008
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matteunsun
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Hi Ladybird - it is confusing! It depends on whether we are talking generally or specifically - hence pizza/a pizza, cake/a cake and ice-cream/an ice-cream...
Please, don�t ask why spaghetti is uncountable when noodles are countable though... |
28 Oct 2008
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cheezels
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Hi there, as a native english speaker from NZ I can ssay that matteunsun is correct...
It�s just one of those things that "just is"....
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31 Oct 2008
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juvelry
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Hi.
Spaghetti is uncountable coz it is not an english word so we call a dish itself. As for noodles - itis a dish,as you can physically literally take one noodle, it is not collective. That is what I think. :)
Take care everyone. |
7 Nov 2008
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