Kilogram or kilograms, tomato or tomatoes?
Let's talk about how to correctly write these nouns in the genitive plural.
Such questions arise due to the fact that the genitive case in the plural has several variant endings and there is no clear sequence in their use. This applies not so much to the masculine gender as to the feminine gender. I have already talked about words like “poker”, “earring”, “dream”, “shoe”. I'll leave a link to the article at the end.
Most names of vegetables and fruits in the plural genitive case are used with the ending -ov.
Orange ov
, tangerine
ov
, apricot
ov
, tomato
ov
, tomato
ov
, eggplant
ov;
zucchini
o
k (singular) - zucchini
ov
(plural).
Therefore, the correct examples are the following:
Buy a kilogram of
tomatoes . Eat half a kilogram of oranges . Buy five tangerines . Fry five eggplants , a lot of zucchini .
Kilogram or kilograms?
Until the beginning of the 21st century. forms with zero endings were recognized only as colloquial. Moreover, the recommendations of the dictionaries varied. However, in the last ten years their equivalence has been noted. More precisely, there are two details:
- With numerals - (kilo)grams and (kilo)grams. Five kilograms and five kilograms.
One hundred grams and one hundred grams. Forms ending in
-ov
(kilograms, grams) are considered more formal, while words with zero endings are more suitable for spoken language. - With other parts of speech -
only (kilo)grams.
Counting kilograms. Get rid of extra pounds. How many kilograms do we need? Several kilograms.
“Buy five kilograms of tomatoes
” will sound cumbersome, so you can calmly say “Buy five kilograms of tomatoes
. ”
Weigh me six hundred gram(s) of
apricots .
How are you used to speaking? What are your favorite fruits and vegetables?
