'Would you like this candy or these desserts to follow the meal?'This is being used as an indicator for a singular item, and these is being used as an indicator for multiple items.See the related...
"Neologisms such as 'blogging', 'vlogging' and 'tweeting' in the context of social networking have been absorbed with surprising speed into the popular lexicon." "I have made up my own neologism, but...