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   Hi Anton -- on Jul 04 2019 at 00:04, you wrote:   
      
    DH>> When we say "tea and apple pie", we actually mean "a cup   
    DH>> of tea and a piece of apple pie"   
      
   AS> Again, it is not "a piece of *an* apple pie", because  `pie'   
   AS> (as   well   as   `pizza')  is  here  more  natural  in  its   
   AS> uncountable, substantive form.  A piece of apple pie is like   
   AS> a  glass  of  water,  whereas  I  had eggs for my dinner and   
   AS> bisquits and nuts with my after-dinner tea.   
      
   Again -- I think you're trying to read too deeply -- a lot of these expressions   
   simply get categorized as colloquial!   
      
   Cheers... Dallas   
      
   --- timEd/NT 1.30+   
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