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Fruit I Buy Tinned General Uncountable Noun Eat

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Keyword fruit
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence I never buy tinned fruits.
Correct Sentence I never buy tinned fruit.
Cloze Error Sentence I never buy tinned [[fruits]].
Cloze Sentence I never buy tinned [[fruit]].
Cloze Answer fruit
Choices fruit | fruits
Explanation

Fruit (= fruit in general) is an uncountable noun: 'We eat lots of fruit in our family.' 'Would anyone care for a piece of fruit?' (= an orange, apple, pear etc)

Fruits (= particular types of fruit) is rarely used in British English.

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