Which is correct? Thks!!!

Hi,

Please note:
1. Candy can be either used as countable noun or uncountable one, however, the usage will be different :

Candy – countable: Here you are talking about sweet (sweet is always in plural here), so if you want to use “candy” as a countable noun, you need to:
- add a quantifier before it, such as a piece of candy
- or you may just say: I have so many candies.

Candy – uncountable: Here you are using “candy” as a collective noun, which means you are talking about sweet in general. So you do not need any quantifier in front, just use: eating candy is enough.

2. In your first sentence, “candy” is used as :
collective noun = uncountable

For uncountable noun, we always use adjective like – much.

So the correct sentence is:
A. Eating too much candy is bad for your teeth.

Eating too much candy is bad for your teeth.是對的，如果你以 candy為 uncountable noun 的話。
但如果你以為 candy 的眾數是 candies 的話，第二句應是 Eating too many candies is bad for your teeth.
至於 candy 究竟是 countable 或 uncountable,應沒有定論，會以你的意願為依歸吧！

I agree with respondents 003, 004, and 005 that the right answer is:

A. Eating too much candy is bad for your teeth.

I just want to add some explanation here.:
Candy is a collective noun, and as such is not countable.

If we want to count them, we'll need to identify the specific category of candy, for example, lollipops, chocolate bars, jelly beans.

Let's look at 2 examples:

(1) Eating too much candy is bad for your teeth.

(2) Johnny wants to skip supper because he ate too many chocolate bars.


Hope this can help.

答案係 (a)

Eating too much candy is bad for your teeth.

但原因同上面講唔一樣。

Eating too much candy is bad for your teeth 個 is 係講 "Eating too much candy" 呢一件事。一件事，當然係用 is。

就算係 Eating too many sweets 都係用 is. 因為"Eating too many sweets " 都只係一件事。

Eating too many sweets is bad for your teeth.

2009-03-03 14:50:02 補充：
不過如果你話
Sweets are bad for your teeth. 就係 are

a
因為yahoo 字典個例句係a

仲有 candy 應該係數唔到~~

I thing (A) is correct!

Which is correct?
I thank
B. Eating too many candy are bad for your teeth.
is correct.

以我看法是 (b) 因 candy 可以數到的　！