Meaning of produce (noun)

[khanh]

Test No. errors/advan-3 "The audience went wild", question 7

Most of the production like fruit and vegetables that you find in this supermarket has been imported.

(a) Most
(b) production
(c) fruit
(d) imported

Test No. errors/advan-3 "The audience went wild", answer 7

Most of the produce like fruit and vegetables that you find in this supermarket has been imported.

Correct entry: produce
The error was: (b) production

You have not found the error.
Most of the production like fruit and vegetables that you find in this supermarket has been imported.
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i don't understand about this correction, can you explain more

[Alan]

This word means things, usually food that you can buy in a supermarket.
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[Katarzyna]

Is this sentence correct too?

Most of the products like fruit and vegetables that you find in this supermarket has been imported.

Regards:)

[Torsten]

Well, produce refers to agricultural products, especially fruits and vegetables.
The word products describes all the articles you can buy in a supermarket - food as well as non food.
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[Katarzyna]

Thanks Torsten. It makes sense to me now. My answer would suggest that most of the items sold at the supermarket are imported, what is usually not true.

Regards

[Khetu]

In the given sentence, 'fruit' is singular while 'vegetables' is plural, do we normally address them that way? Is 'fruits' incorrect?

[Mister Micawber]

'Fruit' is the usual plural. 'Fruits' is specifically used when we are discussing the varieties and differentiating them.
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