[AwakenxBenihime]

Originally Posted by yumyumtimtam

Thank you, AwakenxBenihime.

Are these basically the same?

He likes to eat corn on the cob.
He likes eating corn on the cob.
He enjoys eating corn on the cob.

You're welcome, I'm so glad I could help. ^^

Yes, all these sentences have the same meaning and are all correct.

Originally Posted by yumyumtimtam

wow! ear??
Do you count anything else with ear?

Well what Columbine said is true, however in everyday language I've never heard the word ear used to count or describe anything else. I'm not sure if it's different in the U.K. than in the U.S. From what I understand it seems that with wheat for instance when it's being grown it's referred to as ears but the only measurement I've heard after it's harvested is "bails of wheat". Even then unless you're the person that grows the wheat on your farm or buys and sells large amounts of wheat for your job, you won't come across this term in everyday conversation.

Originally Posted by yumyumtimtam

Can I say
I want to have some corn on the cob. ?

Yes
"I want to have some corn on the cob"
"Do you want some corn on the cob?"
"I only want one ear of corn."
"Would you like to share some corn on the cob?"

Originally Posted by yumyumtimtam

mmm can I ask you some more?
It may sound like I am a big corn lover or something...to keep asking about corn!

Yes! Please do ^^

Oh yeah, guess what I had for dinner tonight? I had corn on the cob! haha

Originally Posted by yumyumtimtam

Let's say...
There are 100 ears of corn to eat for 5 people.
One of them is going to cook and ask others

"How would you like your corn?"

" I like my corn on the cob boiled."

" I want my corn cut in 5 grilled."

make sense???

Can I call it "corns" when they are separated I mean like....
"corn" you can buy at KFC!?

I would say "I want my corn cut in five pieces and grilled."

You never call it corns. Even when you have a bowl of corn in kernel form you still say corn.

"I had corn for dinner tonight." or "Would you like some corn with dinner?"
"Corn is my favorite vegetable!"

Originally Posted by yumyumtimtam

Thank you. I think I understand them.

AwakenxBenihime,can you give me some more good examples of how to count vegetables and fruits?

grapes
cherries
bananas
spinach
orange

You're very welcome! I'm actually having so much fun explaining it.

Let's see:
grapes - The only time you don't add the "s" to the end is if you're talking about a single grape.
"I can fit five grapes in my mouth!" "My mom told me to always eat only one grape at a time." "Would you like some grapes?" "I had grapes with breakfast today."

cherries and bananas - Actually the same as grapes.

"Did you eat any cherries today?" "I like ice cream with a cherry on top." "How many cherries did you eat?" "I only ate one cherry."
"I try to eat a banana every day." "I bought some bananas at the store today."

orange- Okay now for oranges it depends on if you're talking about a whole orange or an orange cut in slices. (Which is common especially with children). I'll give examples of both ^^

"I bought a bag of oranges today." "I ate an orange for snack."

Now when you're talking about slices the "slices" are plural the "orange" is not. "Did you eat all of your orange slices?" "Yes, I finished my orange slices." You could say the same thing for apple slices or banana slices. "Did you see the apple slices I put in your lunch bag?" "The apples slices were sweet and juicy." "I like to put banana slices on my cereal." If you have only one apple slice then there is no plural either. "I have one apple slice left."

(I added this one myself)
With watermelon-
"My favorite fruit is watermelon." "Would you like some watermelon?" "I ate three slices of watermelon."

However, when you're talking about counting whole watermelons you would use the "s".
"There are five watermelons growing in my garden."

(oh boy, now I'm craving watermelon!) ^^;

Almost forgot, spinach.
No matter how much you are talking about it's always "spinach".
"Did you finish all your spinach?" "I don't like the taste of spinach." "Spinach is good for you!" "I bought a bag of spinach." "I found a piece of spinach on the ground."

I hope all that helps

Originally Posted by yumyumtimtam

Do you have any questions about Japanese?

Probably a million.. Actually my fiance and I just started attempting to learn it last night! I found what seems to be a great website and we just started learning pronunciation. But thanks so much for the offer! I will probably take you up on that in the future if you don't mind. ^^