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Old 21-May-2007, 11:25
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Default a food

Do these sentences make sense?

Pizza is a food
Sushi is a food

I am not when to use foods and when is just food
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Default Re: a food

Saying 'a food' basically means 'a type of food'.

'Foods' basically means 'different/various types of food'.
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