Grammatically, do you say Fruit or Fruits ? – The word Fruit is a noun. The word is an exception where the noun is both countable and uncountable. So the plural of Fruit can be either Fruit OR Fruits. When we think of Fruit as a group collectively and in a non-specific way, then we tend to use the word Fruit (without S).
- You should eat five servings of fruit and vegetables every day.
- Fruit is good for your health.
- Would you like some fruit?
- There isn’t much fresh fruit available in winter.
If you are emphasising the different kinds of fruit, then you can use fruits.
- My three favorite fruits are bananas, melons and strawberries.
- The supermarket has a wide selection of exotic fruits such as Papaya and Mango.
- The juice is made from a variety of fresh fruits.
- I love oranges and other citrus fruits.
If you are not sure which to use, the safest thing is to just use Fruit all the time.
What is the plural of fruit?
Fruit is usually used as an uncountable noun which means that the plural of fruit is also fruit. We use “fruits” as the plural when we want to emphasize that we are talking about different types of fruit. There is a lot of fruit on the table. We have an assortment of fruits for the sta ff.
What is fresh fruit?
“fruit” as conventional count noun, with countable plural “fruits” or “fruit” – I agree with Peter Shor that when dealing with countable objects like apples, oranges and peaches, the most natural expression seems to be “pieces of fruit” (singular: “piece of fruit”). Example of singular countable “fruit” in the sense of “a piece of fruit”:
- However, there is a particular point at which a fruit reaches what is described as the ‘mature green’ stage. While the fruit is developing, the surface has a slightly wrinkled, matt appearance. At this stage it is still immature – A Post Harvest Handling System for Sweet Peppers , Research Division: Ministry of Food Production and Marine Exploitation
- From one of these pips sprang the original apple, the present tree being a sucker which grew from the parent root. Though still green, it was very old and thin, and in 1901 had not borne a single fruit. – Rural England , by H. Rider Haggard
Examples of plural countable “fruits” in the sense of “pieces of fruit”:
- Fresh fruit is traditionally represented as the delicious offering of taste, and frequently a triangular formation of three round fruits will be depicted at the left or right side of the offering bowl. ” – The Handbook of Tibetan Buddhist Symbols , by Robert Beer (p. 33)
Examples of plural countable “fruit” in the sense of “pieces of fruit”:
- The deep purple fruit has a waxy bloom, is round, and ranges in size from 0. 6 to 1. 2 cm in diameter and is borne in clusters of a few to many fruit. – “Berberidaceae”, by Chad E. Finn, in The Encyclopedia of Fruit and Nuts , edited by Jules Janick and Robert E. Paull
- There should be a preparatory thinning at the time of stoning, and a final thinning afterwards, because most plants, especially such as have overborne themselves, drop many fruit at that crisis. – Abercrombie, in The New American Gardener , by Thomas G. Fesseden (p. 241)
- For nondestructive evaluations, the same three fruit at each temperature were evaluated every second day; three additional fruit per storage temperature were removed every second day for destructive analyses. – Something in the Proceedings of the. Annual Meeting of the Florida State Horticultural Society , Volume 118 (sorry, Google Books only shows a snippet view and doesn’t show the full title)
Do you use “fruits” when referring to many pieces of fruit?
We do NOT use ‘fruits’ when referring to many pieces of the same type of fruit. A barrel of apples, for example, contains fruit, not fruits. And it is also possible to use ‘fruit’ when referring to mixed types of fruit. For example: ‘My mother always keeps a bowl of fresh fruit on the table.
What are the different types of fruits in the world?
Blackberries – Blackberries are one of the tastiest fruits around. They are a small edible fruit with a big taste, and botanically they are a kind of berry that grow on brambles. The fruit has a sweet and succulent taste despite being relatively low in fructose compared to most types of fruit. Blackberries are one of the most commonly cultivated fruits.
- However, we can also find them growing in their wild state – which purportedly have a better nutritional profile and more polyphenols ( 5 );
- Combine them with some fresh cream for a delicious, sweet and creamy dessert;
Blackberries are especially good for vitamin C and the health benefits it provides. Nutritionally, here is what blackberries look like per 100g ( 6 );
- Calories: 43 kcal
- Carbohydrate: 10. 2 g
- Fiber: 5. 3 g
- Sugar: 4. 9 g
- Fat: 0. 5 g
- Protein: 1. 4 g
- Vitamin C: 35% RDA
- Manganese: 32% RDA
- Vitamin K: 25% RDA
- Copper: 8% RDA
- Vitamin E: 6% RDA
