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None but #6 are acceptable. Native speakers use the plural.
1.Apples are my favorite food.
2.Apples are my favorite food.
3.Apples are my favorite food.
4.My favorite food is apples.
5.My favorite food is apples.
6.My favorite food is apples.
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| #3 (permalink) Mon Dec 01, 2008 4:59 am favorite food, apple |
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1. My favorite animal is dogs.
2. My favorite animals are dogs.
Which of the above sentences is correct?
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| #4 (permalink) Mon Dec 01, 2008 5:39 am favorite food, apple |
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1. My favorite animal is dogs.
2. My favorite animals are dogs.-- Much preferable!
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| #5 (permalink) Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:54 am favorite food, apple |
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| An apple is my favorite food. and Apple iz my favorite food for me are correct.All others are incorrect |
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| #6 (permalink) Tue Dec 02, 2008 11:44 am favorite food, apple |
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| An apple is my favorite food. and Apple iz my favorite food for me are correct.All others are incorrect |
No, this is wrong, because if you say, "An apple is my favorite food," what you are really saying is that only ONE individual apple in the world is your favorite food. After you have eaten that one apple, your favorite food doesn't exist anymore.
In English we don't use singular nouns for that type of generality. It's a big problem for foreigners learning the language.
If you say, "Apple is my favorite food," that means that there is some kind of uncountable substance called "apple", similar to milk, water or oil. There is no substance like that, so the sentence doesn't work. |
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