Victoria Tran
SOME PIECES OF ORANGE or ORANGES? I'm wondering whether 'some pieces of orange' and 'oranges' have the same meaning. For example, should I say 'Please remember to buy some pieces of orange if you see any' OR 'Please remember to buy some oranges if you see any' Are they both correct or which of them is more commonly used? (*) Please tell me if there is any mistake or something that I can do to improve my question as well.
27 sep. 2016 02:59
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You would say "Please remember to buy some oranges if you see any." Oranges refers to the whole fruit, and that's usually how they are sold. "Pieces of orange" is something you could say to talk about a small part of an orange and not the whole fruit. However, we usually call a piece of an orange a "slice." So if you wanted someone to buy not whole oranges but only orange pieces, you could say "Please remember to buy some orange slices if you see any" and that would sound perfectly normal. :) It is just asking for a different product than a whole, unsliced orange.
27 september 2016
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It’s like Kayla said. I’ll also point out that in general, we buy whole oranges at the market. I think your confusion is due to the fact the word “fruit” is usually uncountable — “buy some fruit” or “buy some pieces of fruit.” When we name the fruit, however, it’s usually countable “buy some apples, oranges, and bananas.”
27 september 2016
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The second phrase, "Please remember to buy some oranges if you see any." is the correct way.
27 september 2016
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