Two wraps or two wrap ?

Question

you go to a restaurant and basically order for some food... What would be the correct way to say it:

2 chicken wraps , plz or 2 chicken wrap ,plz ?

what would it be if you ordered something like rice... and say, u need 2 plates of it.

explaining the underlying grammar helps...
thanks...

Answer 1

2 chicken wraps, please. In this case, a "chicken wrap" is a discrete object, a title for a menu item. The tricky terms like this are, for example, "mother-in-law." If you were talking about a group of women, each of whom is a mother-in-law, you would say, a group of mothers-in-law. For the chicken wrap, chicken is an adjective, so that the order is for chicken in the wrap and not, say, hummus or steak. But the wrap is the noun and it gets the plural ending. In mother-in-law, "mother" is the noun, and "in-law" is a term describing her relationship.

I'd say, two orders of rice, if an order of rice is a plateful. If you want one order but want to share it and have extra room on the plates, then ask for an order of rice and an extra plate. Rice is what's called a "count noun", so it's like milk or fish. For these nouns, you say, "some", or "a little", but not, say, "two." Two rices is wrong in a sense, but if you're ordering food, the person taking the order will know what you mean. It would be better to say, two orders, or two sides, or two bowls. Count nouns which are foods are often described in a container, like, "a glass of water," or "a bowl of gravy," or "a carton of milk." Cereal and noodles are also count nouns. Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Yes, 2 chicken wraps, and 2 plates of rice, sound proper.

Answer 3

2 chicken wraps, the wrap is an individual item, so it takes the plural

2 plates (bowls, orders, etc.) of rice, rice is a collective noun, like sand, gravel etc., the plate is the individual item so it is what takes the plural

Answer 4

2 chicken WrapS... wraps is the proper plural for wrap...

For the rice part... it would be 2 bowls/plates/orders of rice. Because rice is in grains, so when you refer to one rice you say grain of or piece of... so when you refer to multiples you would say _____ of... you have to use a unit of measure/reference.

Answer 5

2 chicken wraps sounds right.

Answer 6

I think it's "2 chicken wraps, please". I think the rice is "and 2 plates of rice".