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Message board > Please, be careful with the UNCOUNTABLE nouns...
Please, be careful with the UNCOUNTABLE nouns...
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Mishuna
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Please, be careful with the UNCOUNTABLE nouns...
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Hi, I �ve seen several printables with the same mistake...be careful and when you download a worksheet, check for every single detail because we can make mistakes as teachers...
the word FRUIT is UNCOUNTABLE so we cannot say FRUITS...the same as FURNITURE, we cannot say FURNITURES...
Please, for the ones who have uploaded worksheets with this mistake, try to correct it because there may be teachers who just download and not look at mistakes...
Thanks a lot!
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23 May 2009
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Damielle
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Another mistake that I have seen in several wss dealing with clothes and/or Present continuous is the use of "use" instead of "wear" |
23 May 2009
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marta_marta
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Hi!
It �s true that all grammar reference books say that "fruit" is uncountable. However, as I �ve seen "fruits" in loads of texts I asked some native speakers of English about it. According to them the word "fruits" is used quite often and they don �t consider it incorrect. I wonder if any native speakers here could share their knowledge with us...
Best regards
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23 May 2009
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douglas
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A banana, an apple and a pear are three fruits (thee different kinds)
If they were all in one fruit basket they would be called fruit
Sometimes we native speakers do use fruit in the plural form, but, in general, it is uncountable.
(Native Californian) |
23 May 2009
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Damielle
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I have to agree with Marta marta. See this article.
With some meanings, fruit is uncountable, but in same cases, it �s not. The same happens with food/foods |
23 May 2009
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douglas
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Hi French frog- long time no see |
23 May 2009
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Kate (kkcat)
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I agree - I have also seen both fruit and fruits... The main thing is to "feel" the difference :)
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23 May 2009
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eng789
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Since you are on the subject of count and non-count nouns, I saw this in a sample of a course book for grade 8 that I am concidering.
How many bacteria are there in one liter of drinking water?
Shouldn �t it be - bacterium - the plural form???
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23 May 2009
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GIOVANNI
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We sometimes use �fruits � as pointed out in Frenchfrog �s link. We also refer to fruit when we say the fruits of the world.
It �s soooooooooo good to see you back Frenchfrog. |
23 May 2009
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GIOVANNI
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Hi eng789. I think bacteria is the plural and bacterium is the singular. |
23 May 2009
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