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Feb 28th, 2014, 04:26 pm
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| | watermelon or watermelons? Please tell me which one is the plural form of "watermelon"?
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Mar 4th, 2014, 11:00 pm
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| | Re: watermelon or watermelons? If you have many pieces of cut-up watermelon, you could say "I am eating watermelon."/"I have eaten 4 pieces of watermelon."
If you have several whole watermelons, then "watermelons" is the correct plural.
Watermelon can be both countable (watermelons) and uncountable with a counter word (4 pieces of watermelon). | 
Mar 12th, 2014, 10:22 pm
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| | Re: watermelon or watermelons? Thank you. What about pineapple and pineapples? | 
Mar 14th, 2014, 10:14 am
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| | Re: watermelon or watermelons? It's the same for anything that can be cut up from its whole form and has a counter like 'pieces' or 'slices' - pineapple, banana, pizza, cake, etc.  | 
Mar 17th, 2014, 09:46 am
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| | Re: watermelon or watermelons? You know, we were taught that "cake" is uncountable. | 
Mar 17th, 2014, 10:08 pm
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| | Re: watermelon or watermelons? Cake is only uncountable when it's cut up. Then you'd say pieces of cake. But whole cakes are countable - "the baker made three cakes for the party." | 
May 4th, 2014, 11:51 pm
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| | Re: watermelon or watermelons? Balthasar, here is some more food for thought.
Fruit or fruits ?
If you had pineapples, watermelons, bananas, oranges and strawberries at home, what would you say?
1. I have a lot of fruit at home. Right or wrong?
2. I have a lot of fruits at home. Right or wrong?
3. I have many fruit at home. Right or wrong?
4. I have many fruits at home. Right or wrong?
5. I have fruit at home. Right or wrong?
6. I have fruits at home. Right or wrong?
When you finish this think about the word "fish" too in the same context.
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May 8th, 2014, 08:32 am
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| | Re: watermelon or watermelons? Oh , what a lovely quizzes :-) |
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