Countable or uncountable
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Is salad countable or uncountable?
Can I say a fruit salad?
Dictionary says it’s countable and uncountable.
Could you please explain when it’s countable and when it’s not?
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Is salad countable or uncountable?
Can I say a fruit salad?
Dictionary says it’s countable and uncountable.
Could you please explain when it’s countable and when it’s not?
uncountable-nouns
asked 2 days ago
Shorecoral
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"I'm making a fruit salad for the party" (a prepared dish of salad ingredients). "You ought to eat more salad with your meals" (salad considered as a type of food).
– Kate Bunting
2 days ago
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"Could you please explain when it’s countable and when it’s not?" -- A fruit salad of one type is a mass, and so uncountable. Various types of fruit salads are discrete and countable. HTH.
– Kris
2 days ago
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@Kris Surely the article (A fruit salad) makes it countable? To clarify my comment above; a salad (dish) is countable, salad (type of food) is not.
– Kate Bunting
2 days ago
1
Salad refers to a mixture of food elements; every mixture is different. So it patterns semantically like any other random aggregation of small elements, such as cereal, which are normally mass nouns, but where special contexts can refer to individual aggregations, or types of aggregation (especially in the plural). Since salads are human food, and humans eat individually, they must have individual salads, hence countable. And there are different types of salads, as the menu shows; also countable.
– John Lawler
2 days ago
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@JohnLawler Thanks, Prof. That should settle the issue.
– Kris
17 hours ago
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Is salad countable or uncountable?
Can I say a fruit salad?
Dictionary says it’s countable and uncountable.
Could you please explain when it’s countable and when it’s not?
uncountable-nouns
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Shorecoral
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Is salad countable or uncountable?
Can I say a fruit salad?
Dictionary says it’s countable and uncountable.
Could you please explain when it’s countable and when it’s not?
uncountable-nouns
uncountable-nouns
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"I'm making a fruit salad for the party" (a prepared dish of salad ingredients). "You ought to eat more salad with your meals" (salad considered as a type of food).
– Kate Bunting
2 days ago
1
"Could you please explain when it’s countable and when it’s not?" -- A fruit salad of one type is a mass, and so uncountable. Various types of fruit salads are discrete and countable. HTH.
– Kris
2 days ago
1
@Kris Surely the article (A fruit salad) makes it countable? To clarify my comment above; a salad (dish) is countable, salad (type of food) is not.
– Kate Bunting
2 days ago
1
Salad refers to a mixture of food elements; every mixture is different. So it patterns semantically like any other random aggregation of small elements, such as cereal, which are normally mass nouns, but where special contexts can refer to individual aggregations, or types of aggregation (especially in the plural). Since salads are human food, and humans eat individually, they must have individual salads, hence countable. And there are different types of salads, as the menu shows; also countable.
– John Lawler
2 days ago
1
@JohnLawler Thanks, Prof. That should settle the issue.
– Kris
17 hours ago
|
show 2 more comments
"I'm making a fruit salad for the party" (a prepared dish of salad ingredients). "You ought to eat more salad with your meals" (salad considered as a type of food).
– Kate Bunting
2 days ago
1
"Could you please explain when it’s countable and when it’s not?" -- A fruit salad of one type is a mass, and so uncountable. Various types of fruit salads are discrete and countable. HTH.
– Kris
2 days ago
1
@Kris Surely the article (A fruit salad) makes it countable? To clarify my comment above; a salad (dish) is countable, salad (type of food) is not.
– Kate Bunting
2 days ago
1
Salad refers to a mixture of food elements; every mixture is different. So it patterns semantically like any other random aggregation of small elements, such as cereal, which are normally mass nouns, but where special contexts can refer to individual aggregations, or types of aggregation (especially in the plural). Since salads are human food, and humans eat individually, they must have individual salads, hence countable. And there are different types of salads, as the menu shows; also countable.
– John Lawler
2 days ago
1
@JohnLawler Thanks, Prof. That should settle the issue.
– Kris
17 hours ago
"I'm making a fruit salad for the party" (a prepared dish of salad ingredients). "You ought to eat more salad with your meals" (salad considered as a type of food).
– Kate Bunting
2 days ago
"I'm making a fruit salad for the party" (a prepared dish of salad ingredients). "You ought to eat more salad with your meals" (salad considered as a type of food).
– Kate Bunting
2 days ago
1
1
"Could you please explain when it’s countable and when it’s not?" -- A fruit salad of one type is a mass, and so uncountable. Various types of fruit salads are discrete and countable. HTH.
– Kris
2 days ago
"Could you please explain when it’s countable and when it’s not?" -- A fruit salad of one type is a mass, and so uncountable. Various types of fruit salads are discrete and countable. HTH.
– Kris
2 days ago
1
1
@Kris Surely the article (A fruit salad) makes it countable? To clarify my comment above; a salad (dish) is countable, salad (type of food) is not.
– Kate Bunting
2 days ago
@Kris Surely the article (A fruit salad) makes it countable? To clarify my comment above; a salad (dish) is countable, salad (type of food) is not.
– Kate Bunting
2 days ago
1
1
Salad refers to a mixture of food elements; every mixture is different. So it patterns semantically like any other random aggregation of small elements, such as cereal, which are normally mass nouns, but where special contexts can refer to individual aggregations, or types of aggregation (especially in the plural). Since salads are human food, and humans eat individually, they must have individual salads, hence countable. And there are different types of salads, as the menu shows; also countable.
– John Lawler
2 days ago
Salad refers to a mixture of food elements; every mixture is different. So it patterns semantically like any other random aggregation of small elements, such as cereal, which are normally mass nouns, but where special contexts can refer to individual aggregations, or types of aggregation (especially in the plural). Since salads are human food, and humans eat individually, they must have individual salads, hence countable. And there are different types of salads, as the menu shows; also countable.
– John Lawler
2 days ago
1
1
@JohnLawler Thanks, Prof. That should settle the issue.
– Kris
17 hours ago
@JohnLawler Thanks, Prof. That should settle the issue.
– Kris
17 hours ago
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"I'm making a fruit salad for the party" (a prepared dish of salad ingredients). "You ought to eat more salad with your meals" (salad considered as a type of food).
– Kate Bunting
2 days ago
1
"Could you please explain when it’s countable and when it’s not?" -- A fruit salad of one type is a mass, and so uncountable. Various types of fruit salads are discrete and countable. HTH.
– Kris
2 days ago
1
@Kris Surely the article (A fruit salad) makes it countable? To clarify my comment above; a salad (dish) is countable, salad (type of food) is not.
– Kate Bunting
2 days ago
1
Salad refers to a mixture of food elements; every mixture is different. So it patterns semantically like any other random aggregation of small elements, such as cereal, which are normally mass nouns, but where special contexts can refer to individual aggregations, or types of aggregation (especially in the plural). Since salads are human food, and humans eat individually, they must have individual salads, hence countable. And there are different types of salads, as the menu shows; also countable.
– John Lawler
2 days ago
1
@JohnLawler Thanks, Prof. That should settle the issue.
– Kris
17 hours ago