Fruit or Fruits?

 

My dear students, are you sometimes confused about “fruit” and “fruits”?

Here is a good text  that teach you how to use “fruit” and “fruits” quoted from http://www.vocabulary.cl/english/fruit.htm.

The word Fruit is a noun. The word is an exception where the noun is both countable and uncountable. So the plural of Fruit can be either Fruit OR Fruits.

When we think of Fruit as a group collectively and in a non-specific way, then we tend to use the word Fruit (without S).

  • You should eat five servings of fruit and vegetables every day.
  • Fruit is good for your health.
  • Would you like some fruit?
  • There isn’t much fresh fruit available in winter.

If you are emphasising the different kinds of fruit, then you can use fruits.

  • My three favorite fruits are bananas, melons and strawberries.
  • The supermarket has a wide selection of exotic fruits such as Papaya and Mango.
  • The juice is made from a variety of fresh fruits.
  • I love oranges and other citrus fruits.

If you are not sure which to use, the safest thing is to just use Fruit all the time.

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