English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)

STUFF or STUFFS?

I get ~stuffs~ from her when I don’t want to go the market (nonstandard).
I got *stuff* from her when I don’t want to go to the market (standard).
You can use stuff to refer to things such as a substance, a collection of things, events, or ideas, or the contents of something in a general way without mentioning the thing itself by name.

We have to get ~foodstuff~ before holiday (nonstandard).
We have to get *foodstuffs* before holiday (standard).
Foodstuffs are substances which people eat.
GAB

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