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Sentence #378537

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contour contour October 12, 2010 October 12, 2010 at 7:44:44 AM UTC link Permalink

"too much ice-cream" sounds better to me.

Pharamp Pharamp October 12, 2010 October 12, 2010 at 7:23:04 PM UTC link Permalink

Uhm the original one was the Italian sentence, which says "ice-creams" as countable noun. Does it really sound unnaturatal as it is now?

Scott Scott October 12, 2010 October 12, 2010 at 7:26:22 PM UTC link Permalink

I would say: "too many ice cream cones"

contour contour October 13, 2010 October 13, 2010 at 6:46:40 AM UTC link Permalink

Well, you use "too many" for countable things.
Spaghetti is uncountable (as opposed to Italian, where it's plural).
Ice cream can be countable, but if referring to ice cream in general, like eating too much of it, I'd use "too much". Though if I had something like a specific box of them, maybe I'd say you shouldn't eat too many of them.
That's just me, though, I don't know what those crazy natives are liable to do.

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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #341656Non devi mangiare troppi gelati e troppi spaghetti..

You must not eat too much ice-cream and pasta.

added by Pharamp, April 11, 2010

You must not eat too much ice-cream and spaghetti.

edited by Pharamp, April 11, 2010

You must not eat too much ice-creams and spaghetti.

edited by Pharamp, April 11, 2010

You must not eat too many ice-creams and spaghetti.

edited by Pharamp, April 11, 2010

You must not eat too much ice-cream and spaghetti.

edited by Pharamp, October 13, 2010

You mustn't eat too much ice cream and spaghetti.

edited by sundown, February 16, 2023