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too many cakes/too much cake
1. Don't eat too much cake.
2. Don't eat too many cakes
3. Don't eat too much chocolate
4. Don;t eat too many chocolates.
Which of the above sentence is correct?
Thanks.
Last edited by Winwin2011; 08-Feb-2012 at 16:28.
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Re: too many cakes/too much cake

Originally Posted by
Winwin2011
1. Don't eat too much cake.
2. Don't eat too many cakes
3. Don't eat too much chocolate
4. Don;'t eat too many chocolates.
They are all possible now.
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Re: too many cakes/too much cake
Winwin2011, are you aware of the countable/uncountable distinction?
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Re: too many cakes/too much cake

Originally Posted by
birdeen's call
Winwin2011, are you aware of the countable/uncountable distinction?
Hi, birdeen's call. You are so nice.
Yes. They are both countable and uncountable nouns.
5jj said that they are all possible now. However, I wonder if they have different meanings e.g. Don't eat too much chocolate and Don't eat too many chocolates
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Re: too many cakes/too much cake
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Re: too many cakes/too much cake

Originally Posted by
Winwin2011
Hi, birdeen's call. You are so nice.
Yes. They are both countable and uncountable nouns.
5jj said that they are all possible now. However, I wonder if they have different meanings e.g. Don't eat too much chocolate and Don't eat too many chocolates
"Too much chocolate" doesn't give the hearer any idea of what kind of chocolate might be consumed. It could be pieces from a large bar, it could be a whole bar, it could be individual little chcolates from a box. "Too many chocolates" only implies individual chocolates from a box.
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