I like orange or I like oranges?why?what is the difference?

Answer 1

you like the colour orange and you also like the fruit orange

Answer 2

Orange is a color and a fruit- if you mean the fruit you use an 's' at the end so that it's "oranges"- plural. You could say oranges, I suppose, if you were referring to different shades of orange paint that you appreciate. Usually though, oranges would mean the fruit.

Answer 3

I like orange could mean that you like a colour or could mean the flavour you prefer in drinks.

I like oranges means you like the fruit 'oranges' only.

The adding of the letter 's' to the end changes the meaning of the word orange or 'context'.

There are many words in the English language that do not fit the same rules as the words spelt exactly the same! For example bow. A bow is a ribbon tied into a loop around a present for example (said b-oh) and bow is a word describing how a male bends from the waist when being polite to someone like royalty (said b-ow). English is a very complex and unruly language!

It is my 'mother tongue' but I STILL have problems with the rules of English!!

Answer 4

Well to say " I like orange" would be saying you like the color orange, and to say "I like oranges" means you like oranges the fruit. The reason why is because the color orange is singular and the fruit orange is usually used plurally, grouped with other oranges. However, ways that the fruit orange are used singularly are for example: "My favorite fruit is the orange" or "I am craving an orange right now". Also, when people say they like other fruits, they do the same thing---make it plural. For example, with an apple, people don't say "I like apple", they say "I like apples", even though an apple, like an orange, can be singular.

Answer 5

in this context "i like orange" would mean the colour, whereas "i like oranges" would mean the fruit

Answer 6

...and to add on from Stargazer the reason why you say I like oranges or apples is because presumably if you like them you like all oranges/apples not just one individual orange or apple to the exclusion of all others.

Answer 7

I have no idea why but.....When you say I like orange you are referring to the color orange....And when you say I like oranges you are saying your like th fruit....Hope that helps you understand?...ss

Answer 8

The first phrase says you like the colour, the second says you like the fruit.

Answer 9

"I like orange" refers to the color orange, like you would say "I like pink" or "I like green." "I like oranges" usually refers to the fruit, similar to "I like apples."

Oranges plural could refer to a collection of colors, several shades of orange, probably in a color scheme for decorating or something specific like that.

If you said "I like _that_ orange," then you could be referring to a specific fruit or a specific shade of the color.

Answer 10

Colour & Fruit.