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Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/PluralSingularHuh/hclk/post.htm#478651Tue, 26 May 2009 12:27:45 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:478651Anonymous0http://www.englishforums.com/English/PluralSingularHuh/hclk/post.htm#478651http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-478651.xmlThat was very helpful, thank you. :Dhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/PluralSingularHuh/hclk/post.htm#230861Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:27:45 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:230861Elduende_ph1http://www.englishforums.com/English/PluralSingularHuh/hclk/post.htm#230861http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-230861.xmlThe English language is beautiful, strange and quirky. "Furniture" is a word that's supposed to refer to things that you CAN'T count. So it's neither singular nor plural. I'm not sure if it can be considered a "collective" sort of noun, something that refers to MANY things, but taken together as a WHOLE. "Furniture" in a way, is an abstraction. It refers to more to an idea rather than actual objects. (I could be wrong here so anyone who can correct me, just in case, please feel free to do so.) So you can't say "These furniture." Better to say "The furniture" as in "I'm going to re-arrange the furniture." You can also say, "What am I going to do with all this furniture? I either sell some of them or move to a bigger house!" ...http://www.englishforums.com/English/PluralSingularHuh/hclk/post.htm#35285Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:27:45 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:35285thezul2http://www.englishforums.com/English/PluralSingularHuh/hclk/post.htm#35285http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-35285.xmlthnx alot.. but i got alittle confused... about 'food' n 'foods' ... is right 4 me to use "I like these food"? next, regarding 'furniture'.. (miriam, I refer to u) If u say that furniture is 'a group of things' so, that means it's absolutely 'plural'?? isnt it?? so it's not a mistake to use "I like these furniture".... m I rite? THNX ALOT.. may God bless all of uuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!http://www.englishforums.com/English/PluralSingularHuh/hclk/post.htm#35237Tue, 26 May 2009 12:27:45 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:35237miriam3http://www.englishforums.com/English/PluralSingularHuh/hclk/post.htm#35237http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-35237.xml"Furniture" refers to a group of things. If you wish to refer to a particular item, you can say "a piece of furniture". Is the second example provided by Odoriko correct? I had never seen the word furniture used with a plural determiner, and I couldn't find an example of it in any book or dictionary. As far as I know, "I have to move this furniture" is correct. Any other opinions? Thesul, In question #4, the word epople can also be used in singular and can be premodified by a singular determiner (it is treated, in this case, like any other countable noun): "The Chinese and the Malayan are peoples of southeast Asia." "The Chinese are a people of southeast Asia." Thank you, Miriamhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/PluralSingularHuh/hclk/post.htm#35171Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:27:45 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:35171odoriko4http://www.englishforums.com/English/PluralSingularHuh/hclk/post.htm#35171http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-35171.xml1) Furniture can be both singular and plural. a. Can you help me to carry this furniture? (singular) b. I need to move all these furniture. (plural) 2) 'Food' generally refers to your daily diet, as in what you eat. You can probably use it to represent everything that's edible. As far as I can think, 'foods' is used only in situations where you can classify the different types of food into categories, eg. healthy foods and unhealthy foods. 3) If I guess right, the information warfare you're talking about probably refers to a competition or even war in which the rival parties are hoarding as much information as possible, either because it gives them an advantage, or because they don't want the other parties to get the information....http://www.englishforums.com/English/PluralSingularHuh/hclk/post.htmThu, 26 Mar 2009 13:27:45 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:35166thezul5http://www.englishforums.com/English/PluralSingularHuh/hclk/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-35166.xmlHellow.... evryone! I've got some questions which're alwayz lingering on my head...! Q1: 'FURNITURE' Is this word singular??? or plural?? If it's plural, what's the singular? Q2: 'FOOD' or 'FOODS' What's the difference btween them?? Q3: 'what does 'INFORMATION WARFARE' really mean???? Q4: I've read an article recently, I came across word 'peoples' with S at the end. Is that usable? OKAY.. thnxz