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This tag applies to questions that deal with grammatical number: “singular” versus “plural”, and (rarely) also “dual”.
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"I often buy fruit" vs "I often buy fruits"?
Check this dictionary:
Fruit is usually uncountable:
I love fruit.
✗Don’t say: I love fruits.
• Fruit is used as a countable noun when talking about particular
types of fruit:
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"I often buy fruit" vs "I often buy fruits"?
These are the grammar guidelines:
To say things in general,
we can use an uncount noun with no article.
Eg: I like cheese
or
we can use a plural count noun with no article.
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How do "a headache" & "headaches" make you feel? What is the difference?
In the dictionary, headache is a countable noun.
head‧ache /ˈhedeɪk/ ●●● S2 W3 noun [countable]
1 a pain in your head
If you have a headache, you should take some aspirin.
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