2006-10-23 20:10:49 · 23 answers · asked by Madhu S 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
There is no plural because it is a collective reference."The farmer has cultivated some sugarcane this year."
2006-10-23 20:13:28 · answer #1 · answered by Gladiator 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sugarcane.
2006-10-23 20:19:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
2
2006-10-23 20:19:12 · answer #3 · answered by L S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no plural for that word it stands as Sugarcane
2006-10-23 22:19:13 · answer #4 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ditto..Sugarcane
2006-10-23 20:23:40 · answer #5 · answered by Species 8472 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
almost the word sugarcane is used collectively or plurally.. if u wanna say it singularly u can say e.g. "i want that sugarcane stick".. N if u say i want sugarcane.. anybody can guess it as collective.. So better to use sugarcane stick wen u ask for singular..
2006-10-24 19:58:48 · answer #6 · answered by itsfahadbaba 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't really say 1 sugarcane, 2 sugarcane, etc. can you?
it's one stalk of sugarcane.
or a field of sugarcane
2006-10-23 20:59:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are no uses of the word that require an s to be added to the end, because it is a plant, and one plant can always produce more than one cane. "Sugarcane" only identifies the plant. You can say something like "the plant's canes are cut", but to answer your question, it is always "sugarcane". Like "fish".
2006-10-24 00:02:43 · answer #8 · answered by Nénuphar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is sugarcanes because when u say that a farmer has cultivated sugarcanes. (in this case it is plural ). but if we say farmer has cultivated some sugarcane this year.(in this case it is singular)so it is up to u how to use it ,if u wanna use it as a plural use that way or if u wanna use it as a singularuse that way.
2006-10-23 20:38:16 · answer #9 · answered by saloo_baj 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's sugarcane itself as sugarcane is an uncountable thing in terms of englis language
2006-10-23 20:29:51 · answer #10 · answered by whatever 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋