Timeline for Is using "fruits" as the plural of "fruit" acceptable?
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| Apr 21, 2021 at 23:03 | comment | added | Bro | Regarding the example above: "... strawberry, raspberry and cranberry fruits" - is incorrect. The word "fruits" applies only to the cranberry. Many cranberries are still called fruit. "... strawberry fruit, raspberry fruit, and cranberry fruit" is clear but a bit long-winded. "... a few fruits like strawberry, raspberry, and cranberry" may be better, as the word "fruits" applies to all 3. "... fruit like strawberry, raspberry, and cranberry" may be best, as the word "fruits" is not used and creates less confusion. | |
| Aug 24, 2017 at 3:40 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglish/status/900563406385762305 | ||
| Jul 28, 2017 at 7:42 | answer | added | herisson | timeline score: 17 | |
| S Apr 11, 2014 at 21:52 | history | suggested | Patrick M |
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| May 2, 2012 at 21:36 | comment | added | tchrist♦ | This really begs someone to give a snappy distinction between “fruit of one’s loins” (one’s offspring) and “fruits of one’s loins” (either one’s male packaging, or one’s gay offspring). Sorry. :) | |
| May 2, 2012 at 19:27 | history | protected | RegDwigнt | ||
| Feb 15, 2012 at 12:51 | answer | added | Pitarou | timeline score: 35 | |
| Feb 10, 2012 at 14:32 | answer | added | Mohammed shahzad | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 29, 2011 at 2:54 | vote | accept | xerxesb | ||
| Jun 24, 2011 at 3:43 | comment | added | bye | It's also quite redundant, since "fruits" would be assumed unless you specified the flowers, leaves, roots or bark of the plants that bear the fruit. (Infusions of wood are, I suppose, possible, but extremely rare.) | |
| Jun 24, 2011 at 2:49 | answer | added | Tony Forster | timeline score: -5 | |
| May 13, 2011 at 19:07 | answer | added | Peter Shor | timeline score: 20 | |
| May 13, 2011 at 14:18 | history | edited | Uticensis | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 13, 2011 at 1:44 | comment | added | Peter Shor | If you are talking about several different kinds of fruit, it is generally acceptable to use fruits. Your example of strawberry, raspberry and cranberry fruits is an instance of this. | |
| May 13, 2011 at 1:27 | history | asked | xerxesb | CC BY-SA 3.0 |