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   Hi, Ardith Hinton! -> Alexander Koryagin   
   I read your message from 25.11.2023 00:02   
      
   > Hi, Alexander!  Recently you wrote in a message to All:   
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   > AK>  I learned recently that an English pie can be countable   
   > AK>  and uncountable.   
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   >           Uh-huh.  And since you just happen to know an English major who   
   earned her university fees working in the restaurant business...   
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   > AK>  What does the latter mean?   
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   >           ... I can tell you the average pie is about the size of a dinner   
   plate & may be divided into roughly six or eight pieces, depending on various   
   factors such as what one's customers want &/or how many mouths one is expected   
   to feed. Nowadays I know of a few places around here where one can get   
   individual sizes. Maybe one couldn't years ago, but you didn't say when your   
   excerpt was written. Singletons & childless couples were less common when I   
   was growing up....  :-))   
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   > AK>  She was sitting at the dining room table with the other   
   > AK>  children, two of whom were eating pie and ice cream with   
   > AK>  expressions of immense satisfaction."   
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   > AK>  I understand uncountable ice cream, but I don't understand   
   > AK>  uncountable pie. ;-)   
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   >           Where I come from, ice cream is measured by volume or by weight...   
   and I see you understand that.  When you visit a bakery, however, you may   
   notice it offers "pies, cakes, and pastries" for sale.  You can purchase one   
   or more such items as you wish or make them yourself at home.  Either way I   
   see that in this example there are probably one or more grownups & at least   
   two kids who need to be fed, in which case the thrifty housewife would cut a   
   large pie into servings (or pieces or portions) of whatever size she deems to   
   be most appropriate.  :-Q   
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   Bye, Ardith!   
   Alexander Koryagin   
   english_tutor 2023   
      
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