triple scoop vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry ice cream

[navi tasan]

Which are correct?

1) He ordered a triple scoop vanilla, chocolate, strawberry ice cream.
2) He ordered a triple scoop vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry ice cream.
3) He ordered a triple scoop vanilla/chocolate/strawberry ice cream.

4) He ordered a triple scoop ice cream: vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry ice cream.

I'd vote for #2, but I am not sure.

 

[tedmc]

He ordered a triple-scoop, vanilla-chocolate-strawberry ice cream.

Compound adjectives should be hyphenated.

 

[Tarheel]

He ordered a triple scoop ice cream: chocolate, strawberry and vanilla.

Yum!

 

[5jj]

He ordered a triple-scoop, vanilla-chocolate-strawberry ice cream.

The first hyphen is often not used. The others are incorrect.

 

[tedmc]

The first hyphen is often not used. The others are incorrect.

Why not? How would you write it?

 

[5jj]

He ordered a triple(-)scoop vanilla, chocolate and strawberry ice cream.

 

[tedmc]

He ordered a triple(-)scoop vanilla, chocolate and strawberry ice cream.

That could mean three scoops of each flavour totalling nine scoops, couldnt it?

 

[5jj]

No.

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[Tarheel]

A triple scoop ice cream cone (or dish) can only be three scoops.

 

[navi tasan]

Thank you all very much for your contributions.

Would you consider this one correct as well?

a) He bought a two-colored red and black sweater.

 

[Tarheel]

Would you consider this one correct as well?

I guess.

He bought a two-colored red and black sweater.

There's nothing wrong with it. However, what do you think I would probably say instead?

 

[5jj]

a) He bought a two-colored red and black sweater.

It's OK grammatically, but I see no need for 'two-colored' when you say it's red and black.

 

[Rover_KE]

That’s right — it’s like saying ‘I drew a three-sided triangle’.

 

[Tarheel]

I'm hoping @navi tasan will read the posts in order.

 

[navi tasan]

Thank you all very much,

I did read them in order. I always try to.

The question was theoretical. I know in practice that sentence is odd because of the redundancy.

 

[tedmc]

A triple scoop ice cream cone (or dish) can only be three scoops.

A triple scoop of one type/flavour of ice cream is of course three scoops.
We are talking about a triple scoop of three types.

 

[PeterCW]

A triple scoop of one type/flavour of ice cream is of course three scoops.
We are talking about a triple scoop of three types.

The term "triple scoop" is used to mean three scoops in total regardless of what flavour is used in each scoop.

I understand why you may find it puzzling but that is the jargon used in the ice cream trade.

 

[Tarheel]

Thank you all very much,

I did read them in order. I always try to.

The question was theoretical. I know in practice that sentence is odd because of the redundancy.

The reason I said what I said about reading the posts in order is -- well, you can probably guess. Anyhow, after I asked you to tell me how I would say it the others pretty much told you, spoiling my fun.

 

[navi tasan]

Thank you very much, Tarheel,

I am not sure they did., to be honest. One could say 'a vanilla, chocolate, strawberry ice cream' but that doesn't specify that you want one scoop of each.
I'd probably say 'a three scoop ice-cream: vanilla, chocolate and strawberry'.
I wouldn't say 'make me one with everything'!

 

[Tarheel]

One could say 'a vanilla, chocolate, strawberry ice cream' but that doesn't specify that you want one scoop of each.

No, it probably pretty much does do exactly that.

I'd probably say 'a three scoop ice-cream: vanilla, chocolate and strawberry'.

If I remember correctly that's my suggestion or close to it.

I wouldn't say 'make me one with everything'!

Not unless all they had was those three flavors.(I wish I had some ice cream right now. )

Anyhow, if I had to mention the sweater I would say it was red and black and wouldn't bother to mention the number of colors.