Mine cheap foods.

[Fazzu]

Hello again,

Again,I am having several questions.

- Is there such a word as 'mines'(beside the mining works) and 'mine's'(like some people say,'It's mine's')?

- Why do we say as,'I bought this shirt at a low price' and not 'I bought this shirt at a cheap price'?

-In my Geography book, I saw this question: 'Give some examples of how agrotechnology has improved the availability and shelf-life foods'
Food itself is in plural form I thought.Am I wrong or the book?

Thanks in advance.

[Mister Micawber]

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1-- No.

2-- Cheap means low-priced. Actually, both are used in spoken English, though.

3-- The plural of food is food or foods. The latter, though rarer, is often used by nutritionists, agriculturalists, etc. when discussing more professionally the types of food(s).
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[riverkid]

Hello again,
Again,I am having several questions.
- Is there such a word as 'mines'(beside the mining works) and 'mine's'(like some people say,'It's mine's')?

Not normally, no, Fazzu. It might be used by some in a jocular fashion.

- Why do we say as,'I bought this shirt at a low price' and not 'I bought this shirt at a cheap price'?

There's nothing inherently illogical about 'cheap price. It's just that in English, we just tend not to use 'expensive/cheap' with price. Instead we use high/low.

-In my Geography book, I saw this question:

'Give some examples of how agrotechnology has improved the availability and shelf-life offoods'
Food itself is in plural form I thought.Am I wrong or the book?

You've likely missed 'of' in the sentence and if not then I'll suggest that this isn't a native sounding sentence. 'food' can be used with an 's' in certain situations.



Thanks in advance.

I've answered inside the quote.

[Fazzu]

Thanks Mister Micawber.

-In my Geography book, I saw this question:

'Give some examples of how agrotechnology has improved the availability and shelf-life offoods'
Food itself is in plural form I thought.Am I wrong or the book?

You've likely missed 'of' in the sentence and if not then I'll suggest that this isn't a native sounding sentence. 'food' can be used with an 's' in certain situations.

Yes riverkid, I missed the 'of' there.Thanks for higlighting it.

[mykwyner]

If you buy a $50 shirt for $7, that is a cheap price. (It is also very low)

If you buy a $200 shirt for $120 it is a low price, but it certainly isn't cheap.

Usually, in the US, when we say we bought something at a cheap price, we mean we got a huge discount, we bought something expensive for the price of something ordinary.

[Fazzu]

Sorry for the delay Mykwyner.
May I also get one of my doubts cleared:
'Prize' represents a present from someone.'Price' represents a cost of a product.Based on this,I also want to know if the same goes for words like,'realize' & 'realise' etc.I heard that 'realize' is used as a verb and 'realise' as a something,I am not really sure.Hope you could give me some explanations.Thanks.

[Mister Micawber]

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Realize and realize are spelling differences only, of a single verb. The former is primarily AmE, the latter BrE. Practice and practise have a similar relationship, though both are nouns as well as verbs.

Price and prize are unrelated; they have a common root in Middle English, however.
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[Fazzu]

Thanks Mr.Micawber.I am totally clear.