go on a diet + preposition

[English4everyone]

Hi,

Can we say the following sentence? Is it standard and natural?
"Go on a diet with fruit."
Actually my problem is the preposition.

 

[bhaisahab]

Hi,

Can we say the following sentence? Is it standard and natural?
"Go on a diet with fruit."
Actually my problem is the preposition.

No, it's not natural. You could use "Go on a fruit diet".

 

[English4everyone]

Thanks,
But what about "vegetable"?
Should we say "Go on a vegetable diet." or "Go on a vegetables diet."?
Singular or plural?

 

[bhaisahab]

Thanks,
But what about "vegetable"?
Should we say "Go on a vegetable diet." or "Go on a vegetables diet."?
Singular or plural?

"A vegetarian diet" would be more natural.

 

[engee30]

If the noun that precedes another noun as its modifier, functioning like an adjective, is plural in meaning, you don't normally use it in the plural in this type of construction:
a diet rich in vegetables is a vegetable diet
a diet with small amount of calories is a low-calorie diet
a diet which doesn't include any eggs as its ingredients is an egg-free diet

 

[emsr2d2]

"A vegetarian diet" would be more natural.

Possible, but vegetarians don't eat only vegetables.

 

[Tdol]

Possible, but vegetarians don't eat only vegetables.

Yes- some eat fish.

I'll get my coat.

 

[emsr2d2]

Yes- some eat fish.

I'll get my coat.

Ooooooh, you are dicing with death! Probably after a sound beating with a courgette!

For the sake of the learners here, I should explain. I am a vegetarian. Some people choose to describe themselves as vegetarians but they still eat fish/seafood. The definition of a vegetarian is someone who does not eat meat, poultry, fish, seafood, gelatine, cochineal or any other food from a dead animal. For those of us who are actually vegetarian, the people who say they are vegetarian but continue to eat fish are infuriating. It sends out the wrong message to other people who don't understand vegetarianism. Tdol knew that claiming that some vegetarians eat fish would annoy me (in an amusing way!)

If anyone's interested, a fairly recently coined phrase for someone who does not eat meat or poultry but does eat fish and seafood is "pescatarian".

I should also point out that by saying "Vegetarians don't eat only vegetables", I meant that they also eat dairy foods, pulses, pastas etc.

 

[Tdol]

I've always thought that people who described themselves as vegetarians but who eat fish and/or chicken were like the social smokers who don't smoke but....

 

[charliedeut]

a courgette!

A new one there for me! Thank you! :up:

 

[bhaisahab]

Ooooooh, you are dicing with death! Probably after a sound beating with a courgette!

For the sake of the learners here, I should explain. I am a vegetarian. Some people choose to describe themselves as vegetarians but they still eat fish/seafood. The definition of a vegetarian is someone who does not eat meat, poultry, fish, seafood, gelatine, cochineal or any other food from a dead animal. For those of us who are actually vegetarian, the people who say they are vegetarian but continue to eat fish are infuriating. It sends out the wrong message to other people who don't understand vegetarianism. Tdol knew that claiming that some vegetarians eat fish would annoy me (in an amusing way!)

If anyone's interested, a fairly recently coined phrase for someone who does not eat meat or poultry but does eat fish and seafood is "pescatarian".

I should also point out that by saying "Vegetarians don't eat only vegetables", I meant that they also eat dairy foods, pulses, pastas etc.

Many don't eat dairy products, and pulses and grains are vegetable (as opposed to animal). ;-)

 

[Love Teaching]

If anyone's interested, a fairly recently coined phrase for someone who does not eat meat or poultry but does eat fish and seafood is "pescatarian".

And what about meatetarian? Can it be used to refer to someone who just eats meat and poultry?

 

[MikeNewYork]

And what about meatetarian? Can it be used to refer to someone who just eats meat and poultry?

How about "carnivore"?

 

[emsr2d2]

Many don't eat dairy products, and pulses and grains are vegetable (as opposed to animal). ;-)

If you don't eat dairy products (or honey or wear silk or leather), you're a vegan, not a vegetarian.

Pulses and grains are vegetable but they're not vegetables!

 

[emsr2d2]

Someone who only eats meat and poultry would indeed be a carnivore (and would probably be very sick!). Someone who doesn't abstain from any type of food is an omnivore.

 

[bhaisahab]

Thanks,
But what about "vegetable"?
Should we say "Go on a vegetable diet." or "Go on a vegetables diet."?
Singular or plural?

If you don't eat dairy products (or honey or wear silk or leather), you're a vegan, not a vegetarian.

Pulses and grains are vegetable but they're not vegetables!

;-)

 

[MikeNewYork]

Someone who only eats meat and poultry would indeed be a carnivore (and would probably be very sick!). Someone who doesn't abstain from any type of food is an omnivore.

I have a friend who is an ovolactarian (lacto-ovo-vegetarian), a vegetarian who includes eggs and dairy. She explains it as eating nothing that has a face. ;-)

 

[5jj]

I wonder if this is the right time to tell ems that I snuck chopped bacon into the salad I gave her when she was my guest recently?

Perhaps not.


:twisted:

 

[emsr2d2]

I wonder if this is the right time to tell ems that I snuck chopped bacon into the salad I gave her when she was my guest recently?

Perhaps not.


:twisted:

Careful. I know where you live!

 

[emsr2d2]

I have a friend who is an ovolactarian (lacto-ovo-vegetarian), a vegetarian who includes eggs and dairy. She explains it as eating nothing that has a face. ;-)

Lacto-ovo-vegetarian is the long version of what I am. Generally, these days, the word "vegetarian" is taken to mean "lacto-ovo-vegetarian" unless the person specifies otherwise.