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|    Alexander Koryagin to Ardith Hinton    |
|    A pie    |
|    28 Nov 23 16:02:54    |
      MSGID: 2:221/6.0 6565f30a       REPLY: 1:153/716.0 56154141       PID: SmapiNNTPd/Linux/IPv6 3.0 20231126       NOTE: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101       Thunderbird/31.7.0.       CHRS: LATIN-1 2       TZUTC: 0200              Hi, Ardith Hinton - Alexander Koryagin!       I read your message from 25.11.2023 00:02               AK>> She was itting at the diining room table with the other        AK>> children two of whom werre eating pie and ice cream with        AK>> expressions of immense satisfaction."        AK>> I undersand uncountable ice cream, but I don't understand        AK>> uncountable pie. ;-)        AK> here I come fromm, ice cream is measured by volume or        AK> by weight.. and I see you understand that. When you visit a        AK> bakery, hoever, you may nootice it offers "pies, cakes, and pastries"        AK> for sale. You can purchasee one or more such items as you wish or make        AK> them yourslf at home. Eitther way I see that in this example there are        AK> probably oe or more grownuups & at least two kids who need to be        AK> fed, in whch case the thriifty housewife would cut a large pie into        AK> servings (r pieces or porttions) of whatever size she deems to be most        AK> appropriate. :-Q              Well, a pie can be cut into portions, but anyway it should theoretically       remained a pie. FMPOV. ;)              Bye, Ardith!       Alexander Koryagin       english_tutor 2023              ---         * Origin: nntp://news.fidonet.fi (2:221/6.0)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 10/0 1 15/0 90/1 102/401 103/1 705 105/81 106/201 123/131       SEEN-BY: 129/305 153/7715 154/10 214/22 218/0 1 215 601 700 720 840       SEEN-BY: 218/850 860 870 880 930 221/1 6 226/30 227/114 229/110 112       SEEN-BY: 229/113 206 307 317 426 428 470 664 700 240/1120 266/512       SEEN-BY: 282/1038 291/111 301/1 113 320/219 322/757 335/364 341/66       SEEN-BY: 341/234 342/200 396/45 460/58 712/848 5020/400 1042 5075/35       PATH: 221/6 301/1 218/700 229/426           |
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