[General] Two packets of cigarettes or two packet of cigarettes or two packets of cigarette.

[arjitsharma]

Which one of the following sentences is correct? I don't understand.
1. Two packets of cigarettes.
2. Two packet of cigarettes.
3. Two packets of cigarette.

 

[Rover_KE]

They are phrases - not sentences.

Think about it again. Consider whether there is one packet or more and whether each packet contains one or more cigarettes.

 

[Tdol]

1- you have plural packets containing plural cigarettes.

 

[arjitsharma]

How should I say? When there is one cigarette in the packet.
* A packet of cigarette or a packet of a cigarette.
Which one should I say?

 

[emsr2d2]

You can't buy a packet which only contains one cigarette so there is no phrase for it. You might have bought a packet of (20) cigarettes but now there is only one cigarette left in it.

 

[Tdol]

Which one should I say?

Neither- you have a packet with one cigarette left.

 

[arjitsharma]

So, can I say "two packets of cigarettes"?

 

[Tdol]

If you have 2x20 cigarettes:

http://l7.alamy.com/zooms/9d97c8ebf...ond-cigarettes-on-white-background-fw1tnr.jpg

You can also use it if you have started smoking the cigarettes, but you cannot use it for one box with two cigarettes.