potato(s) salad, carp(s) soup
- Thread starter duden
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We don't have either of these dishes at my traditional Christmas dinner, and I don't know what carp or carps soup is, but it is "potato salad".
I presume carp soup is soup made from the fish called carp.
The descriptive word in salads, soups &c is singular.
Onion pie, potato salad, leek soup, carrot cake, nut loaf, fish soup, carp soup, steak and kidney pudding, bread and butter pudding, &c.
Three onion pies, 4 potato salads, 10 carrot cakes, &c.
It's also singular in expressions such as three cheese sauce, even though three different cheeses are used.
The descriptive word in salads, soups &c is singular.
Onion pie, potato salad, leek soup, carrot cake, nut loaf, fish soup, carp soup, steak and kidney pudding, bread and butter pudding, &c.
Three onion pies, 4 potato salads, 10 carrot cakes, &c.
It's also singular in expressions such as three cheese sauce, even though three different cheeses are used.