Buying a Produce vs Buying a Product
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I'm reading a book which states on many occasions about buying produces, like this:
When a customer buys produce, you have to look up the price in a book.
I was wondering if using "produce" instead of "product" is just plain wrong, or am I missing something?
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I'm reading a book which states on many occasions about buying produces, like this:
When a customer buys produce, you have to look up the price in a book.
I was wondering if using "produce" instead of "product" is just plain wrong, or am I missing something?
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Well, the customer is not buying a produce. The customer is buying produce. No article. That's a different thing entirely from a product.
– RegDwigýt♦
4 hours ago
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Produce, in the sense of fruits and vegetables, is "uncountable". Thus it would not be pluralized and the indefinite article would not be used.
– Hot Licks
3 hours ago
And oddly, unlike many uncountables where we do in fact add an "s" when talking about different types of them, we do not do this with produce. Apples and oranges are not different produces. So buying produce, not buying produces.
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3 hours ago
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I'm reading a book which states on many occasions about buying produces, like this:
When a customer buys produce, you have to look up the price in a book.
I was wondering if using "produce" instead of "product" is just plain wrong, or am I missing something?
word-choice word-usage
asked 4 hours ago
Sam
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I'm reading a book which states on many occasions about buying produces, like this:
When a customer buys produce, you have to look up the price in a book.
I was wondering if using "produce" instead of "product" is just plain wrong, or am I missing something?
word-choice word-usage
word-choice word-usage
asked 4 hours ago
Sam
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asked 4 hours ago
Sam
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asked 4 hours ago
Sam
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asked 4 hours ago
Sam
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asked 4 hours ago
Sam
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Well, the customer is not buying a produce. The customer is buying produce. No article. That's a different thing entirely from a product.
– RegDwigýt♦
4 hours ago
2
Produce, in the sense of fruits and vegetables, is "uncountable". Thus it would not be pluralized and the indefinite article would not be used.
– Hot Licks
3 hours ago
And oddly, unlike many uncountables where we do in fact add an "s" when talking about different types of them, we do not do this with produce. Apples and oranges are not different produces. So buying produce, not buying produces.
– Phil Sweet
3 hours ago
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Well, the customer is not buying a produce. The customer is buying produce. No article. That's a different thing entirely from a product.
– RegDwigýt♦
4 hours ago
2
Produce, in the sense of fruits and vegetables, is "uncountable". Thus it would not be pluralized and the indefinite article would not be used.
– Hot Licks
3 hours ago
And oddly, unlike many uncountables where we do in fact add an "s" when talking about different types of them, we do not do this with produce. Apples and oranges are not different produces. So buying produce, not buying produces.
– Phil Sweet
3 hours ago
2
2
Well, the customer is not buying a produce. The customer is buying produce. No article. That's a different thing entirely from a product.
– RegDwigýt♦
4 hours ago
Well, the customer is not buying a produce. The customer is buying produce. No article. That's a different thing entirely from a product.
– RegDwigýt♦
4 hours ago
2
2
Produce, in the sense of fruits and vegetables, is "uncountable". Thus it would not be pluralized and the indefinite article would not be used.
– Hot Licks
3 hours ago
Produce, in the sense of fruits and vegetables, is "uncountable". Thus it would not be pluralized and the indefinite article would not be used.
– Hot Licks
3 hours ago
And oddly, unlike many uncountables where we do in fact add an "s" when talking about different types of them, we do not do this with produce. Apples and oranges are not different produces. So buying produce, not buying produces.
– Phil Sweet
3 hours ago
And oddly, unlike many uncountables where we do in fact add an "s" when talking about different types of them, we do not do this with produce. Apples and oranges are not different produces. So buying produce, not buying produces.
– Phil Sweet
3 hours ago
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Now, this is produce:
Whereas a product is ... wait for it ...
something, a thing produced by labor, such as products of farm and factory; or the product of his thought.
a person or thing produced by or resulting from a process, as a natural, social, or historical one; result, as in "He is a product of his time."
the totality of goods or services that a company makes available; output, as in "There's been a marked decrease in product during the past year."
4, In chemistry, a product is a substance obtained from another substance through chemical change.
- In math, the product is the result obtained by multiplying two or more quantities together.
Produce isn't ... what's that word? ... quantifiable; one must not put an article in front of it. You could put an article in front of certain words that aren't quantifiable, but only while speaking to a waiter at your local cafe, as in "Can I have a water?" Now produce is not one of those words. No articles.
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Now, this is produce:
Whereas a product is ... wait for it ...
something, a thing produced by labor, such as products of farm and factory; or the product of his thought.
a person or thing produced by or resulting from a process, as a natural, social, or historical one; result, as in "He is a product of his time."
the totality of goods or services that a company makes available; output, as in "There's been a marked decrease in product during the past year."
4, In chemistry, a product is a substance obtained from another substance through chemical change.
- In math, the product is the result obtained by multiplying two or more quantities together.
Produce isn't ... what's that word? ... quantifiable; one must not put an article in front of it. You could put an article in front of certain words that aren't quantifiable, but only while speaking to a waiter at your local cafe, as in "Can I have a water?" Now produce is not one of those words. No articles.
answered 2 hours ago
Ricky
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Now, this is produce:
Whereas a product is ... wait for it ...
something, a thing produced by labor, such as products of farm and factory; or the product of his thought.
a person or thing produced by or resulting from a process, as a natural, social, or historical one; result, as in "He is a product of his time."
the totality of goods or services that a company makes available; output, as in "There's been a marked decrease in product during the past year."
4, In chemistry, a product is a substance obtained from another substance through chemical change.
- In math, the product is the result obtained by multiplying two or more quantities together.
Produce isn't ... what's that word? ... quantifiable; one must not put an article in front of it. You could put an article in front of certain words that aren't quantifiable, but only while speaking to a waiter at your local cafe, as in "Can I have a water?" Now produce is not one of those words. No articles.
answered 2 hours ago
Ricky
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up vote
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Now, this is produce:
Whereas a product is ... wait for it ...
something, a thing produced by labor, such as products of farm and factory; or the product of his thought.
a person or thing produced by or resulting from a process, as a natural, social, or historical one; result, as in "He is a product of his time."
the totality of goods or services that a company makes available; output, as in "There's been a marked decrease in product during the past year."
4, In chemistry, a product is a substance obtained from another substance through chemical change.
- In math, the product is the result obtained by multiplying two or more quantities together.
Produce isn't ... what's that word? ... quantifiable; one must not put an article in front of it. You could put an article in front of certain words that aren't quantifiable, but only while speaking to a waiter at your local cafe, as in "Can I have a water?" Now produce is not one of those words. No articles.
answered 2 hours ago
Ricky
13.9k43177
Now, this is produce:
Whereas a product is ... wait for it ...
something, a thing produced by labor, such as products of farm and factory; or the product of his thought.
a person or thing produced by or resulting from a process, as a natural, social, or historical one; result, as in "He is a product of his time."
the totality of goods or services that a company makes available; output, as in "There's been a marked decrease in product during the past year."
4, In chemistry, a product is a substance obtained from another substance through chemical change.
- In math, the product is the result obtained by multiplying two or more quantities together.
Produce isn't ... what's that word? ... quantifiable; one must not put an article in front of it. You could put an article in front of certain words that aren't quantifiable, but only while speaking to a waiter at your local cafe, as in "Can I have a water?" Now produce is not one of those words. No articles.
answered 2 hours ago
Ricky
13.9k43177
answered 2 hours ago
Ricky
13.9k43177
answered 2 hours ago
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answered 2 hours ago
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Well, the customer is not buying a produce. The customer is buying produce. No article. That's a different thing entirely from a product.
– RegDwigýt♦
4 hours ago
2
Produce, in the sense of fruits and vegetables, is "uncountable". Thus it would not be pluralized and the indefinite article would not be used.
– Hot Licks
3 hours ago
And oddly, unlike many uncountables where we do in fact add an "s" when talking about different types of them, we do not do this with produce. Apples and oranges are not different produces. So buying produce, not buying produces.
– Phil Sweet
3 hours ago