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#2 (permalink) Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:23 am 'is' or 'are'? (My favourite food ... tomatoes and fish.) |
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| My favourite food is tomatoes and fish. |
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Pamela I'm a Communicator ;-)
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#3 (permalink) Tue Feb 05, 2008 12:14 pm 'is' or 'are'? (My favourite food ... tomatoes and fish.) |
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| Thanks for your help. |
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Lxguy I'm new here and I like it ;-)
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#4 (permalink) Tue Feb 05, 2008 13:08 pm 'is' or 'are'? (My favourite food ... tomatoes and fish.) |
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Hi lxguy
If the person who wrote your sentence had been looking at 'tomatoes and fish' as separate foods, then the sentence would have been this: My favourite foods are tomatoes and fish.
Because the word 'food' was used, the words 'tomatoes and fish' were viewed jointly. . _________________ "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." ~ Abraham Lincoln |
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Yankee I'm a Communicator ;-)

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#5 (permalink) Tue Feb 05, 2008 22:24 pm 'is' or 'are'? (My favourite food ... tomatoes and fish.) |
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how about this?
my favorite music __ jazz, blues and ska.
it's a three different genre. should I use 'are'? |
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Tweak I'm new here and I like it ;-)
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#6 (permalink) Tue Feb 05, 2008 23:35 pm 'is' or 'are'? (My favourite food ... tomatoes and fish.) |
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yes
"My favorite types of music are jazz, blues and ska." _________________ Billie Jean is not my lover. Hee. |
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Prezbucky I'm a Communicator ;-)

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#7 (permalink) Wed Feb 06, 2008 7:23 am 'is' or 'are'? (My favourite food ... tomatoes and fish.) |
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| Yankee wrote: |
Hi lxguy
If the person who wrote your sentence had been looking at 'tomatoes and fish' as separate foods, then the sentence would have been this: My favourite foods are tomatoes and fish.
Because the word 'food' was used, the words 'tomatoes and fish' were viewed jointly. . |
Isn't food an uncountable noun? |
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Lxguy I'm new here and I like it ;-)
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