Plural nouns

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bmo

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Taiwan
I am confused with the plural nouns, please help:

1. I think you can't say these equipments, nor these equipment, so you should say the equipment, a lot of equipment, or many pieces of euipment instead?

2. The Google search shows the following results. Result should be plural or singular?

3. There are a number of student. Student should be singular, right?

4. I like fruit. My Mom bought lots of fruit today. In the market, many different kinds of fruits are sold. Are these all correct?

5. When a word is both countable and uncountable, using which depends on the situation such as #4 above, however, an uncountable word such as equipment, popcorn, or furniture has no plural form at all. Am I right on this?

Thank you verry much.
 
    • bmo said:
    I am confused with the plural nouns, please help:

    1. I think you can't say these equipments, nor these equipment, so you should say the equipment, a lot of equipment, or many pieces of euipment instead?

    2. The Google search shows the following results. Result should be plural or singular?

    3. There are a number of student. Student should be singular, right?

    4. I like fruit. My Mom bought lots of fruit today. In the market, many different kinds of fruits are sold. Are these all correct?

    5. When a word is both countable and uncountable, using which depends on the situation such as #4 above, however, an uncountable word such as equipment, popcorn, or furniture has no plural form at all. Am I right on this?

    Thank you verry much.
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    Hi bmo,

    1. :tick:

    2. Plural.

    3. Students (plural).

    4. :tick:

    5. :tick:

    LRV
     
    1. I think you can't say these equipments, nor these equipment, so you should say the equipment, a lot of equipment, or many pieces of euipment instead?

    Singular: This piece of equipment,
    Plural: The equipment {Uncountable} or This equipment {uncountable}, the pieces of equipment.

    2. The Google search shows the following results. Results should be plural or singular?

    Result, singular: The result of the actions was a change in policy.
    Results, plural: The investigation has had numerous results.

    3. There are a number of students. Student should be singular, right? No, it must be plural.

    4. I like fruit. My Mom bought lots of fruit today. In the market, many different kinds of fruits are sold. Are these all correct? Yes. :)
     
    panjandrum said:
    It's at least us (plural), you and me. Perhaps more.
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    I understand the point you are both making. It makes grammatical sense.

    Nitpicking, I would say it is optional as there are many varieties of a single fruit - apples for example.

    Edit: I know I am comfortable saying - "There are all sorts of fruits on sale at the market."

    (I believe we've had a previous thread on this.)


    LRV ;)
     
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