I would think "hamburgers" does not belong because all the other words are collective nouns. One would say "I" or "we" ordered "soup," "spaghetti," "coffee, or "orange juice," but one would say "I" ordered "a hamburger" or "we" ordered "hamburgers." Collective nouns are different from regular nouns because they do not change in the plural.
Olya T.
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Yes, you have two orders of soup. Soup is a collective noun. You can have two orders of milk. (Milk is another collective noun.) Usually, we say two bowls of soup or two glasses of milk.
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Olya T.
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We would not say "two spaghettis," but two orders of spaghetti or two portions of spaghetti. We can say "I ate two hamburgers." Or "I ate a hamburger."
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Olya T.
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We are talking about the difference between regular nouns (hamburger) that have a singular and plural form and collective nouns that do not change in the plural. (Other examples are water and air. )
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Jenny W.
That makes sense! Thanks for responding.
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01/15/20
Olya T.
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Sure :)
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Jenny W.
But "I" can order more than one. 🤔Is it as simple as plural or not?01/14/20