2017年6月2日 · @userr2684291: I gave an example where fruits was used to refer to the fruit produced by two trees of the same species. That does not preclude the use of the word fruits …

2017年1月19日 · Some non-native English speakers use words in a very strange way. One said "a lot of kinds of fruits". It sounds pretty strange to me.

2018年11月14日 · (Note that this almost always means five different types of vegetables: carrots, spinach, etc.) I would have preferred a different vegetable than the one I was served. Fruit is a …

First this is a rather artificial situation. Consider in you own language. How often do want to know the names of the types of fruit that someone likes. And certainly this is not the first question to …

2025年1月18日 · These examples from The New York Times illustrate three different types of international exposure: The first example illustrates personal exposure. The second focuses …

The same is true for other countable nouns. "I like oranges." "I like walnuts." And using "like" in a different sense, "I like books", "I like short girls", etc. For non-countable nouns, there is no …

2015年4月15日 · The adjective "different" is usually followed by "from/than". The use of "than" is more common in AE than in BE. In BE, you can also use "to" but, I think, you don't use it in …

2015年3月22日 · In #3, are and is mean different things. A variety of dishes are essential for a successful Chinese restaurant: every Chinese restaurant should serve General Gao's …

2019年7月2日 · The count form of fruit is fruits. Therefore, we have this: I don't like fruit. ？ I don't like fruits. As before, the first sentence uses the mass-noun sense of fruit. The second …

Plasma and LCD are two different technologies. Flat screen refers to either type. The thick television is a CRT television. CRT stands for cathode ray tube. People will call it an old-style …