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23 May
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What do you do when you are hungry?
I buy foods.
Does this sound nutural, especially '' foods''?
What do you do when you are hungry?
I buy foods.
Does this sound nutural, especially '' foods''?
I buy foods.
Does this sound nutural, especially '' foods''?
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I just buy or grab foods when i am hungry
- Japanese
Thank you very much for your quick response.
So do you say ''buy foods'' not ''buy food''? The plural form is ok?
So do you say ''buy foods'' not ''buy food''? The plural form is ok?
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- English (US)
In this situation, we wouldn’t pluralize “food”. “Foods” is grammatically correct, but most people would just say “I buy (some) food”.
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- Japanese
Thank you very much for the response.
Japanese grammarbooks say, you don't pluralize ''food '' but when you want to talk about the kinds of food, like Japanese food, Chinese food, and so on, you say'' I prepare some foods for our guests.'' Does it make sense?
Japanese grammarbooks say, you don't pluralize ''food '' but when you want to talk about the kinds of food, like Japanese food, Chinese food, and so on, you say'' I prepare some foods for our guests.'' Does it make sense?
- English (US)
Yes, you can pluralize “food” when you want to emphasize that there are distinct types. But for your example sentence, most people would still just say “food”.
I prepared some food for our guests.
or
I prepared different kinds of food for our guests.
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I see. Could you tell me the example sentenses with using ''food''?
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