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Believer  #268605  Mon, 18 Sep 06 01:25 AM

When you are using the phrase "a bunch of something" and something happens to be some fruit. How do we know when to use the countable form of such fruits as bananas and carrots?

When to use this or that: 

a bunch of banana/carrot    and    a bunch of bananas/carrots

  
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nona the brit  #268609  Mon, 18 Sep 06 01:39 AM

If it is countable, such as bananas or carrots, then you should use the plural. A bunch of bananas. A bunch of carrots. A bunch of flowers (Think of it as similar to 'a field of cows' or 'a bag of mushrooms'.

I'm racking my brains trying to think of an example where they are not countable. A bunch of brocolli? (except we don't really talk of brocolli in bunches).

  
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