Is it grammatical to say "My favorite food is apples"? [duplicate]
Is it grammatical to say "My favorite food is apples"? If not, is there a similar language structure that begins with the words "My favorite food" that I could use to explain this? Perhaps it would be grammatical to say "My favorite foods are apples".
I do not want to use the word 'apple' in the singular form, if possible. I want to use the word 'apples' in plural.
Thank you for reading.
Yes, it is correct to say that because your subject and the be-verb are in agreement.
Or you may use "the apple" to represent the whole kind of apples as shown in this sentence:
"My favorite food is the apple."
However, if you reverse the sentence starting with "apples", you will have to use "are" since your subject is now plural.
"Apples are my favorite food."
The correct way is: My favorite food is apples. You can't use the plural form.
Food is singular. It must be followed by 'is'. You can only use are when you are talking about multiple foods.
My favorite foods are X and Y.
My favorite food is X.
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/my-favourite-food-is-are.2352662/