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Disgrace Serve Poor Food Uncountable Buy Countable Refers

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Keyword food
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence It is a disgrace to serve such a poor food.
Correct Sentence It is a disgrace to serve such poor food.
Cloze Error Sentence It is a disgrace to serve such [[a]] poor food.
Cloze Sentence It is a disgrace to serve such [[ ]] poor food.
Cloze Answer _
Choices a | _
Explanation

Food is nearly always uncountable: 'We need to go out and buy some food.' It is countable only when it refers to a particular kind of food: 'baby foods', 'health foods'.

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