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"I can't eat fruits." I said.
The teacher was surprised and said "Really? Well, you don't like apples, oranges, melons and cucumbers?"
???
Cucumbers?
"No, cucumbers are vegetable. I can eat them."
"No, they aren't vegetable. Because they have flowers, they are fruit."
In Japan, we classify cucumbers, watermelons and other plants which bloom flowers as vegetables.
How about in your country?
Is a cucumber fruit or vegetable?
The teacher was surprised and said "Really? Well, you don't like apples, oranges, melons and cucumbers?"
???
Cucumbers?
"No, cucumbers are vegetable. I can eat them."
"No, they aren't vegetable. Because they have flowers, they are fruit."
In Japan, we classify cucumbers, watermelons and other plants which bloom flowers as vegetables.
How about in your country?
Is a cucumber fruit or vegetable?
"I can't eat fruits," I said.
If you're adding 'I said' (or yelled, whispered, etc) after a quote, then a period is replaced with a comma. Question marks and exclamation marks stay the same.
"No, cucumbers are vegetables.
"No, they aren't a vegetable.
Because they have flowers, they are a fruit."
In science, those are classified as fruits.
There was a US Supreme Court case to determine if a tomato was a fruit or a vegetable. It concluded that tomatoes were a vegetable, because they were used like vegetables, regardless of the fact that they classified as fruits in science. This was all over a stupid tax on vegetables, too. It was more than 100 years ago, though.
Hmm, it depends on the criteria used for the categorize, doesn't it?
It's ambiguous! :S
"I can't eat fruits." I said.
It is technically correct, but you saying it is implied in the next sentence.
The teacher was surprised and said "Really?
"Really?" the teacher said, surprised.
Well, you don't don't you like apples, oranges, melons and or cucumbers?"
'you don't' is commanding. 'don't you' is questioning.
using 'and' in a list makes it the list of everything, like と
using 'or' in a list makes it a list of some of the things, like や
???
You could say "What?" but the question marks are good enough to get your point across in text. XD
I can eat them."
"No, I can eat cucumbers, they are a vegetable."
or
"No, cucumbers are a vegetable, I can eat them."
combining these sentences is easy.
Because they have flowers, they are fruit."
"No, they have flowers, therefore they are a fruit."
or
"No, they are not a vegetable, because the have flowers, like a fruit."
In Japan, we classify cucumbers, watermelons, and other plants which with blooming flowers as vegetables.
remember the last comma in a list.
Is a cucumber a fruit or a vegetable?
In my country a cucumber is considered a vegetable.
Although a tomato is considered a fruit.
Weird. o.O
Anyway, Japanese people regard a tomato as a vegetable.
It's so weird but interesting! XD
I wanna know about it in more other countries. :D
I never realized that in the USA cucumbers are considered fruits!
To me personally. A fruit is something edible without cooking and has a sweet or sour taste.
Vegetables taste more like a plant and for the most part require cooking.
This is all my personal opinion though.
Thank you for the interesting article!
(Now that I think about it, cucumbers do seem like fruits.)
Your opinion is similar to the example given by Newlearner!
It's interesting and weird that we pass through such a basic difference. XD