food or foods?

[bosun]

As far as I know, food is uncountable noun. But I sometimes see foods, for example,

1. I like Korean food.

2. There are many kinds of korean foods( or korean food?)

Also, I wonder when to use kind of or kinds of, for example

1. There are many kinds of cars(or car???)

2. There is a lot of kinds (kind??)of fruit.

which one is right? Or do you have any other suggetsons?

[Fazzu]

There are many kind of Korean food.
There are many kind of cars.
There are(you use 'are' as you are refering to plural words here) a lot of fruits.
There are many kind of fruits.

I think the above ones are more sensible than others.But I would also like to know if I am right from the teachers.Also, I would like to know when to use 'kinds of',do people use that in sentences?

Originally Posted by bosun

As far as I know, food is uncountable noun. But I sometimes see foods, for example,
1. I like Korean food.
2. There are many kinds of korean foods( or korean food?)
Also, I wonder when to use kind of or kinds of, for example
1. There are many kinds of cars(or car???)
2. There is a lot of kinds (kind??)of fruit.
which one is right? Or do you have any other suggetsons?

1. I like Korean food - this is correct
2. There are many types/kinds of Korean food [ food :uncountable noun]

e.g What type of food do you usually have / eat?

1. There are many types of cars

Fruit has the same form in the singular and in the plural; this noun has 2 forms in the plural :fruit and fruits [depending on the context]

Fruits are good to eat.[plural]
She is buying some fruit . [plural]
She is buying a fruit.[singular]

There are so many fruits [ types of fruit] in that market!

These sites are quite useful:http://rwc.hunter.cuny.edu/reading-w...countable.html
http://www.onestopenglish.com/teache...ary/vocab3.htm

All the best,

[DavyBCN]

Originally Posted by Fazzu

There are many kind of Korean food.
There are many kind of cars.
There are(you use 'are' as you are refering to plural words here) a lot of fruits.
There are many kind of fruits.
I think the above ones are more sensible than others.But I would also like to know if I am right from the teachers.Also, I would like to know when to use 'kinds of',do people use that in sentences?

"kinds of" is a phrase used to mean "types of".

[Fazzu]

Also, DavyBCN can you tell if I have made mistakes.