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Giselle del Val
Argentina

A question
 
Hi dear friends!
I have a problem with nationalities when we want to refer to a group of people.
 
Eg: ItalianS eat pasta    BUT  Japanese eat fish
 
Why and when do we use the plural form?
            
 Thanks a lot! Smile

5 Feb 2009      





lillizen
Brazil

Basically, we do not change the nationalities ending in -ese, -ish, -iss, -ch.

 You have a very good explanation here:
http://www.eslgold.com/grammar/plurals_nationalities.html

:)

5 Feb 2009     



Giselle del Val
Argentina

Thanks a lot!!!!! You�ve solved my problem

6 Feb 2009