Thursday 28 January 2016

Fruit or Fruits


Grammatically, do you say Fruit or Fruits?

The word Fruit is a noun. The word is an exception where the noun is both countable and uncountable. So the plural of Fruit can be either Fruit OR Fruits.

When we think of Fruit as a group collectively and in a non-specific way, then we tend to use the word Fruit (without S).

  • You should eat five servings of fruit and vegetables every day.

If you are emphasising the different kinds of fruit, then you can use fruits.

  • My three favorite fruits are bananas, melons and strawberries.

 

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