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Old 14-Apr-2007, 11:32
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is cake count able after bake or like?

is bake cake a correct sentence
i like to bake cakes
i like to bake cake

i like cakes
i like cake

how about after can

i can bake cakes
i can bake cake
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i like to bake cakes
i like to bake cake

i like cakes <all kinds of cakes>
i like cake <that's the spongy stuff we eat>

i can bake cakes Try, I like to bake cakes.
i can bake cake <the spongy stuff we eat>

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Casiopea - can you explain why you feel "I can bake cakes" is incorrect? To me, it is fine.

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Correction
I can bake cakes.

My brain was still on the verb "like".

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I can bake cakes.
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