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  1. 25-Aug-2008, 14:18 #1
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    Good evening!!!

    When are the proper ways of using FOOD in sentences?

    When are the proper ways of using FOODS in sentences?

    Please give me some notes...thanks!!
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    Default Re: Food or Foods?

    You can only use "foods" if you talk about foodstuffs.

    I'm not a teacher.
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    Default Re: Food or Foods?

    Quote Originally Posted by ongetz View Post
    Good evening!!!

    When are the proper ways of using FOOD in sentences?

    When are the proper ways of using FOODS in sentences?

    Please give me some notes...thanks!!
    Usually food is uncountable, sometimes though foods is used as in "Some foods don't agree with me, they upset my stomach." although more correctly it should be "...some foodstuffs..."
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