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| My favourite fruit is mango. My favourite fruit is the mango. My favourite fruit is mangoes. My favourite fruits are mangoes. |
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| Do you mean that I can say 'Mangoes are my favourite fruit.'? |
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| You can say "Mangoes are my favourite fruit." "Mango is my favourite fruit." "My favourite fruit is mango". You can't say "My favourite fruit is mangoes," because 'is' = singular and mangoes = plural. It's not grammatically wrong to say "My favourite fruits are mangoes," but it sounds strange. My favourite fruits are mangoes, apples and rambutans. Last edited by TheMadBaron; 21-Nov-2004 at 15:39. |
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