Which one is correct and why?
1)I like sausage.
2)I like sausages.
As far as I know sausage is both a countable and uncountable noun,in my point of view when we are talking about sausage in general we shouldn't use (s),so sentence (1) seems better to me but I've heard sentence (2) alot,as well.
I'd be thankful if someone explains when I should use sausage as a countable noun and when as an uncountable one.
Best Answer
Both are correct, but the connotation is different.
Indicates that you like the food in general.
Brings to mind an image of either (a) various types of sausage, or (b) eating one or more sausage links as a meal.
In general, the second sentence sounds more like something I would hear in the UK than the US, but I would defer to a native speaker of UK English on that. "I like sausages" sounds grammatical but very slightly awkward to me as a US English speaker.