My favorite food is apple

[hirashin]

One of my students wrote:
(a) My favorite food is apple.

I know it's grammatically wrong. But can you say (b)?
(b) My favorite food is an apple.

The problem of singular/plural is always a puzzle to me.

Hirashin

 

[Grandpa Frank]

I would say .............My favorite food is the apple.
or...............My favorite fruit is an apple.
or...............One of my favorite foods is the apple.

Uncle Frank

 

[hirashin]

Oh, thank you very much for your help, Uncle Frank.

How about "Apples are my favorite food"?

Hirashin

 

[Grandpa Frank]

Oh, thank you very much for your help, Uncle Frank.

How about "Apples are my favorite food"?

Hirashin

That sounds good to me. For some reason though , I think of "food" and "fruit" as different groups. I think of food as the main food group like meat and vegtables , but an apple as a desert you have as a snack or after a meal. Maybe that is something from the area I grew up in(northeast US)?

Uncle Frank

 

[Soggycake]

That sounds good to me. For some reason though , I think of "food" and "fruit" as different groups. I think of food as the main food group like meat and vegtables , but an apple as a desert you have as a snack or after a meal. Maybe that is something from the area I grew up in(northeast US)?

Uncle Frank

Here in the mid-west we just say food, I really don't hear fruit at all. "Apples are my favorite food" does sound the most natural to me though. Could say something like, "Apples are one of my favorite types of fruit" too.

 

[hirashin]

Hmm...interesting. Thank you for your information, Soggycake.

Hirashin