cereal or cereals

[ripley]

Hi,
should I say
In the morning I eat a bowl of cereals OR cereal
?
Singular or plural form??????
Thanks
Rip

 

[TheParser]

Hi,
should I say
In the morning I eat a bowl of cereals OR cereal
?
Singular or plural form??????
Thanks
Rip

NOT A TEACHER


(1) I am 99% certain that native speakers would use the singular.

(2) This is true: This morning I did eat a bowl of cereal. It is called

"Crunchy Nut." Delicious. Of course, I used 2% milk. A mature

person ( = old person) like me has to avoid milk with too much fat.

(3) When I go to the supermarket, there are so many cereals ( =

brands & kinds of cereal) that I do not know what to buy.


Respectfully yours,



James

 

[ripley]

Hi James, please, don't say respectufully yours: It makes me feel like I'm 100 years old..(hi hi); Why do you say you're 99% sure... aren't you a native speaker?

Rip

 

[Raymott]

Hi James, please, don't say respectufully yours: It makes me feel like I'm 100 years old..(hi hi); Why do you say you're 99% sure... aren't you a native speaker?

Rip

Hi Rip,
We don't laugh "hi hi" in English. It has to be "he he", or "hee hee" or "ha ha" or .... :lol:

 

[SoothingDave]

Technically, I guess, if you ate a type of "cereal" for breakfast that had more than one type of grain you could say that you ate cereals for breakfast.

But I don't think most natives would.

 

[ripley]

Ok, I'll change my laugh....

 

[5jj]

Hi Rip,
We don't laugh "hi hi" in English. It has to be "he he", or "hee hee" or "ha ha" or .... :lol:

...or, if you have a long white beard, wear a silly red costume and ride around on a sleigh, "Ho ho ho".

 

[bhaisahab]

...or, if you have a long white beard, wear a silly red costume and ride around on a sleigh, "Ho ho ho".

Or if you are the Jolly Green Giant.

 

[TheParser]

Hi James, please, don't say respectufully yours: It makes me feel like I'm 100 years old..(hi hi); Why do you say you're 99% sure... aren't you a native speaker?

Rip

NOT A TEACHER


(1) Thank you for your kind note. I believe in being very courteous and

respectful. I think that our world needs more of such conduct. I am

sorry that you are offended, so I shall in the future content myself by

just reading others' answers to your always interesting questions.


(2) Being a native speaker is no guarantee of anything. Many of the

learners here know grammar better than do I. I learn much more from

their questions than do they from any of my attempted answers.


Thank you

 

[Tdol]

Technically, I guess, if you ate a type of "cereal" for breakfast that had more than one type of grain you could say that you ate cereals for breakfast.

But I don't think most natives would.

This might be a BrE thing,but I would say a bowl of cereals, even for single cereal ones like cornflakes.

 

[5jj]

This might be a BrE thing,but I would say a bowl of cereals, even for single cereal ones like cornflakes.

It may be an age thing. I am a BrE speaker (65), and would say a bowl of cereal, whether it was just corn flakes or a mix of sugar pops and bran flakes.Not that I'd eat one!

 

[nyota]

It may be an age thing. I am a BrE speaker (65), and would say a bowl of cereal, whether it was just corn flakes or a mix of sugar pops and bran flakes.Not that I'd eat one!

I know a 34-year-old who'd steal a bowl of cinnamon cereal from a 2-year-old.

 

[ripley]

Hi TheParser,
I don't feel offended at all;everyone was just trying to make me understand that each type of laugh sound corresponds to a context; I think that everyone was respectful with each other; I said that I will change my laugh because hi hi was the way we write it in italian; so, even if I'm Italian I will have to change the sound of my laugh ( at least when I'm writing in English, of course); noone meant to hurt you and I feel sorry if something has hurt you; please always answer my questions...don't stop your contribution.
Rip

 

[birdeen's call]

I know a 34-year-old who'd steal a bowl of cinnamon cereal from a 2-year-old.

Aren't those little cinnamon things absolutely lovely? It's really unfair that a person of my age, brought up in a traditional Polish family, should find a disgusting commercial product so irresistible.

 

[nyota]

Aren't those little cinnamon things absolutely lovely? It's really unfair that a person of my age, brought up in a traditional Polish family, should find a disgusting commercial product so irresistible.

We all have are weaknesses. At least you don't steal from 2-year-olds.

Or...? :shocked!:

 

[bhaisahab]

It may be an age thing. I am a BrE speaker (65), and would say a bowl of cereal, whether it was just corn flakes or a mix of sugar pops and bran flakes.Not that I'd eat one!

I'd say a bowl of cereal too. (60)