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   Hi, Ardith Hinton! -> Alexander Koryagin   
   I read your message from 25.11.2023 00:02   
      
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    AK>> I learnedrecently that ann English pie can be countable and   
    AK>> uncountable.   
      
    AH> Uh-huh. An since you just  happen to know an English major who   
    AH> earned heruniversity fees  working in the restaurant business...   
      
    AK>> What does the latter mean?   
      
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    AH> ... I can ell you the averrage pie is about the size of a dinner   
    AH> plate & ma be divided intoo roughly six or eight pieces, depending   
    AH> on variousfactors such as  what one's customers want &/or how many   
    AH> mouths oneis expected to ffeed. Nowadays I know of a few places   
    AH> around her where one can gget individual sizes. Maybe one couldn't   
    AH> years ago,but you didn't ssay when your excerpt was written.   
    AH> Singletons& childless coupples were less common when I was growing   
    AH> up.... :-))   
      
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    AK>> She was stting at the dinning room table with the other children,   
    AK>> two of whm were eating piie and ice cream with expressions of   
    AK>> immense satisfaction."   
      
    AK>> I understnd uncountable iice cream, but I don't understand   
    AK>> uncountable pie. ;-)   
      
    AH> Where I coe from, ice creaam is measured by volume or by weight...   
    AH> and I see ou understand thhat. When you visit a bakery, however,   
    AH> you may noice it offers "ppies, cakes, and pastries" for sale. You   
    AH> can purchae one or more suuch items as you wish or make them   
    AH> yourself a home. Either waay I see that in this example there are   
    AH> probably oe or more grown--ups & at least two kids who need to be   
    AH> fed, in whch case the thriifty housewife would cut a large pie into   
    AH> servings (r pieces or porttions) of whatever size she deems to be   
    AH> most appropriate.:-Q   
      
   Bye, Ardith!   
   Alexander Koryagin   
   english_tutor 2023   
      
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