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In the following context, which do you use and why?

Helen doesn't eat apples or bananas. She doesn't like [fruit/fruits].

I think it is fruit but I'm having a hard time explaining to myself why it isn't fruits. What is the reason?

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Fruit is usually noncountable, and that’s what it is in your example. It is, however, used as a countable noun when it used in the plural to describe individual pieces or different kinds of fruit, as in fruits of the forest.

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She doesn't like fruit in general. She can go to the grocers, where there lots of different fruits but it's all in vain because she dislikes fruit.

I thought this was a nice explanation of the matter.

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