Plural forms: Potatoes are vegetables and cherries are fruits

[Vishnya]

Hi,

can I say: Potatoes are vegetables and cherries are fruits.

In my opinion it sounds strange.

[Haihao]

Hi,

How about putting it this way: Potatoes are vegetable (Solanum tuberosum) and cherries fruit.

[Alan]

Hi,

It really depends whether you are talking about these things as separate entities (vegetables/fruits) or whether you are giving them a label, a definition( vegetable/fruit).

Likewise: cats are animals/cats are animal (not mineral or vegetable).

Alan
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[Vishnya]

Alan, thanks for your answear. =)

[Conchita]

Here goes another suggestion:

Potatoes are (root) vegetables and cherries a type of fruit.

[prezbucky]

I'd use one of the following three:

A potato is a type of vegetable and a cherry is a type of fruit.

Potatoes are vegetables and cherries are fruits.

A potato is a vegetable and a cherry is a fruit.
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