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Natalia

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fruit or fruits?
« on: May 11, 2015, 10:49:13 AM »
Hello. Can you tell me which of these two forms is more commonly used in English? as in:
1) On the table there is some fruit.
2) On the table there are some fruits.
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Offline Daniel

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Re: fruit or fruits?
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2015, 03:16:26 PM »
It depends on your meaning. The first refers to fruit to eat in general and the second refers to different kinds of fruit like apples, oranges and bananas. I think the first is more frequent but both are valid.
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