Plural of lettuce

[lulu_bucket]

Is the singular and plural of lettuce, lettuce!?

[fredpuli47]

No, it's lettuces. " Any plant of the genus Lactuca.....also any of various plants resembling true lettuces" says the Shorter Oxford Dictionary in its definition of 'lettuce.'.

[Buenchico]

It can probably be either 'lettuce' or 'lettuces', depending upon the context.

As an analogy, consider the word 'hair'. The plural is 'hairs'. (e.g. "There are millions of hairs on my head"). However, 'hair' can also be used as a collective noun. (e.g. "I have hair on my head").

The word lettuce' seems to be similar. e.g. I could ask someone to buy me two 'lettuces', but if you ask the guy who delivers to the shop what he has on his lorry he might correctly reply 'lettuce' (thus using the singular as a collective noun for many individual lettuces).

Chris

[katieg29]

fredpuli must be such a clever person, i see posts from him in every subject!!! im envious

[potski205]

he's no Quizmonster!