The plural of eggplant is eggplants. We treat some food items as uncountable nouns:Generally, we use the plural form. "Eggplant" is the plural form of eggplant. We may eat peppers, but we eat eggplant.
The plural of eggplant is eggplants. We treat some food items as uncountable nouns:
I like lettuce, eggplant, (mashed) potato, (scrambled) egg, lamb, ...
We treat the plants , animals, etc as countable nouns:
I bought six lettuces, two eggplants, a dozen eggs and a kilo pf potatoes.
I saw several lambs in the field over there.
Grapefruit, however, is an interesting one:
Although the dictionary gives both plurals, I would, personally, only have used the term "grapefruit" (again in line with Rover's guidelines), whether singular or plural:
grapefruit - definition of grapefruit by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
grapefruit [ˈgreɪpˌfruːt]n pl -fruit, -fruits
Regards
R21
That surprised me. Like you and R21, I do not use 'grapefruits'. I do accept it.I did a poll on that a couple of years ago and was surprised by the result because I would use grapefruit for both the singular and the plural, but results are about equal:
Poll: What is the plural of 'grapefruit'? - Language Polls - UsingEnglish.com
Another surprise for me. While I have encountered 'grapefruits', I have never heard 'aircrafts'. I would call that incorrect.If you compare it to the results of the poll on aircraft, the results are very different:
Poll: What's the plural of 'aircraft'? - Language Polls - UsingEnglish.com
I did a poll on that a couple of years ago and was surprised by the result because I would use grapefruit for both the singular and the plural, but results are about equal:
Poll: What is the plural of 'grapefruit'? - Language Polls - UsingEnglish.com
I can't believe a third of those responding thought "aircrafts" was at least an option.
Don't suppose there might be any possibility of a breakdown of the results, say, for NES's by (declared) AME vs BrE?
PS Tdol - have you done, or could you do, a similar poll on the plural of "equipment"?