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Teaching doubt



Alenka
Slovenia

Teaching doubt
 
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

28 Oct 2008      





matteunsun
United Kingdom

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     



matteunsun
United Kingdom

Sorry - it�s "Do you like hot dogs?"  They�re countable...

28 Oct 2008     



Alenka
Slovenia

Thank you so much for your answers,
greetings
                      Pika

28 Oct 2008     



matteunsun
United Kingdom

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...Smile

28 Oct 2008     



cheezels
New Zealand

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"....


Smile

31 Oct 2008     



juvelry
United Arab Emirates

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