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I bought a banana. I went to a supermarket in this morninng. I found bananas there, and I bought a banana. I came home and I counted the banana. There ware 16 bananas a tuft. I was surprised at it. Because usually there are 5or6 bananas a tuft. I said bananas!!! I cannot choose "a banana" or "the banana" or "bananas". It is very difficult for me.

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I went to a supermarket in this morninng.
I found bananas there, and I bought a banana them (or 'some').

I came home and I counted the banana them.
There ware 16 bananas a hand.
I was surprised, at it because usually there are 5 or 6 bananas a hand.

I said "bananas!!!" 

I cannot choose 'a banana', 'the banana' or 'bananas'.
It is very difficult for me.

 

 

From the wiki page on bananas;

"The banana fruits develop from the banana heart, in a large hanging cluster, made up of tiers (called hands), with up to 20 fruit to a tier. The hanging cluster is known as a bunch, comprising 3–20 tiers, or commercially as a "banana stem""


Which is where I got the term "hands" of bananas.

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