Question

There are many Chinese food and western food.这句话对不对?

Answer 1

这句话不对。
food
既是可数名词又是不可数名词。
仅仅指"食物、食品"的时候是不可数名词。
例如:
We
can't
live
without
food
and
water.
若表示某种特殊种类的食物,则可用作可数名词。
例如:Don’t
eat
too
many
dairy
foods.
按照推断，这句话应该翻译成“世界上有各种中国菜和西式菜。”不表示某种特殊食物。
推荐翻译成为:There
are
many
kinds
of
Chinese
food
and
western
food.
或者把many替换成为a
lot
of