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Food Child Caught Stealing Uncountable Buy Countable Refers

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Keyword food
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence The child was caught stealing foods.
Correct Sentence The child was caught stealing food.
Cloze Error Sentence The child was caught stealing [[foods]].
Cloze Sentence The child was caught stealing [[food]].
Cloze Answer food
Choices foods | food
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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