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Lcchang  #258780  Thu, 24 Aug 06 10:00 AM

Do native speakers say

fruit and vegetables

or

fruits and vegetables

?

Please see the following sentence:

The food, fruits and vegetables, was on the tables.

Does it look ok to you?

Please advise.

LC

  
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Inchoateknowledge  #258785  Thu, 24 Aug 06 10:19 AM
fruits and vegetables
The food, fruits and vegetables, was on the tables.

food is anything that sustains your body. Thus, fruits and vegetables are foods.

  
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Lcchang  #258788  Thu, 24 Aug 06 10:25 AM

 Inchoateknowledge wrote:
fruits and vegetables
The food, fruits and vegetables, was on the tables.

food is anything that sustains your body. Thus, fruits and vegetables are foods.

Foods? why? Please advise.

LC

  
Inchoateknowledge  #258797  Thu, 24 Aug 06 10:44 AM
food is either C or U.
they are foods means each of  them is food.

  
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