Saturday, 2 July 2011

FRUIT & VEGETABLES

"You must start eating fruits and vegetables daily" - WRONG
"You must start eating fruit and vegetables daily" - CORRECT


Fruit is uncountable noun. Vegetable is countable noun.

*in BrE 'a fruit' means a kind/type of fruit. 
A single apple/pear/banana/etc. is usually referred to as 'a piece of fruit'
However, in Malaysia & Singapore, we use 'a fruit' to mean a single piece of apple/pear/banana/etc. - which is wrong

2 comments:

  1. best la blog ni hafiz.. keep on writing k.. suka sgt.. at least the explanations (betul ke ada 's') sgt jelasss..

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  2. explanations boleh ada 's', tapi jarang digunakan dgn 's'.
    Information mmg tak boleh ada 's' sbb itu uncountable noun.

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