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apple vs apples

Both 'apple' and 'apples' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Apple' is singular, referring to one fruit, while 'apples' is plural, referring to more than one fruit.

Last updated: March 23, 2024 • 733 views

apple

This is correct when referring to a single fruit.

Use 'apple' when talking about one fruit. It is the singular form of the word.

Examples:

I ate an apple for a snack.
She picked a ripe apple from the tree.

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Physically, she's probably somewhere crying over apple slices.
Then he ate the poison apple somewhere else.
At Codlea there is a unique celebration called? The sweet apple?, reminding the old local legend of the wild apple.
The apple tree has been modified through a long work of selection, till it acquired features almost opposite to the ones of the ancestral wild apple tree, the Malus sieversii.
Links apple and alpha, synchronous and diverging...
A woman died after eating a poisoned apple.
And apple schnapps for Shannon Glenn.
A civilian bought candy apple brights last month.
Add the mascarpone and apple pieces.
The quarter apple left represents dry land.
Eat oliebollen and apple turnovers with the Amsterdam natives.
For a smile without wrinkles: apple halves.
Both formulas contain apple stem cells, obtained with cutting-edgetechnologies.
Apfel apple shaped mirror with colourful frame.
People were hoarding apple cider vinegar.
The guard gives Singer an apple.
Extraordinary apple pancakes with cherry jam...
Cut drained apple quarters in fine cubes.
Helps clean teeth and eaten the apple.
Preproved frozen Danish pastry with apple filling.

Alternatives:

a single apple
one apple
the apple
that apple
this apple

apples

This is correct when referring to more than one fruit.

Use 'apples' when talking about multiple fruits. It is the plural form of the word.

Examples:

She bought a bag of apples at the store.
We need to pick more apples from the orchard.

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And then suddenly all the apples start hatching.
They use organic apples and they season it...
It's like comparing apples to apple pie.
I'd watch out for the apples in this house.
Sacks of grain and apples to store through the winter.
And these apples are made with 70% synthetic corn.
Smells of candy apples and thyme.
Our apples are designed to withstand the abuses of man and nature.
It's like comparing apples to oranges.
Can't get into college picking apples.
I've got some organic apples from whole foods.
You're not likely to kill me with some apples.
He picked the apples I couldn't reach.
In addition to apples It also has a peach.
This much sleep usually indicates poisoned apples.
He says that the Devil is testing us because birds are eating the apples.
Chicken, white rice and apples.
My pa and me are going to grow apples in Oregon.
Tell him that you brought the first apples of this year.
And I also got two more apples.

Alternatives:

multiple apples
several apples
the apples
those apples
these apples

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