in a round shape, in round shape, in the round shape

[kachibi]

"Shape" as a noun can be countable and uncountable.

If I want to describe the shape of an object, are the following sentences grammatical/common among native people?

1) This toy ball comes in a round shape.
2) This toy ball comes in round shape.
3) This toy ball comes in the round shape.

If not, how do native people describe an object's shape usually in writing?

 

[Barb_D]

It seems a little redudant to say that a ball is round.

My lot is roughly rectangular in shape.
The person who lives on the corner has a pie-shaped lot.
My old property had a very strange shape. It was hour-glass shaped. It was like an hour-glass in shape. Its shape was like an hour-glass.

 

[kachibi]

so native people won't use "come in a xx shape"?

 

[Barb_D]

This television stand comes in a rectangular shape or in a more boxy shape.

Please remember that to write in proper English, you need to use capital letters.

 

[kachibi]

Then how about in rectangular shape/ the rectangular shape?

Cause "shape" can be countable and uncountable.

 

[Barb_D]

No, you need to say "a." Not no article, and not "the."

 

[kachibi]

Got it!
Thanks.

 

[tzfujimino]

Hello.
:-D"in the shape of a rectangle" is fine, I think.
For more examples, please see: Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary

 

[Barb_D]

Yes, you can say "in the shape of a rectangle" but not "it comes in the rectangle shape."

 

[charliedeut]

It seems a little redudant to say that a ball is round. Don't let Dan Marino read that! ;-)

charliedeut

 

[emsr2d2]

The problem, for me, is the use of the word "shape" after the actual shapes.

- What shapes does this mirror come in?
- It comes in circular, rectangular or triangular.
or
- It comes in the shape of a circle, a rectangle or a triangle.

 

[kachibi]

So, "comes in circular/rectangular/round/etc" is also grammatical?

How about "comes in circle/rectangle/triangle"?

 

[Barb_D]

The answer that are natural are in the post before your question.