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|    Gleb Hlebov to Dallas Hinton    |
|    A pie    |
|    19 Dec 23 08:56:22    |
      REPLY: 1:153/7715.0 58052020       MSGID: 2:5023/24.4222 65812279       CHRS: CP866 2       TZUTC: 0400       + 08:55 [4222] quoting Dallas Hinton -> Alexander Koryagin       - 08:55 [4222] TIME Tue 19 Dec 2023 08:55 +0400              Hello Dallas,              [...]               DH> or even an unimaginable meat and fruit pie!).              :-)       That's not unheard of, come to think of it. At least there are chicken &       pineapple salad recipes and some other "weird" but edible combos.               AK>> meat, tomatoes, fruit, and green stuff.              I was trying to prove the point to AK that "fruit" can be referred to as an       uncountable noun. So, is this usage "grammatical"? I believe the author used       "fruit" (not fruits) to imply "the assortment of fruits", like in a       smorgasbord.              Some other examples, like this one:              ========       eat plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables       ========                     + 08:55 [4222] session closed, quitting...       - bye!       --- GoldED+/W64-MSVC 1.1.5        * Origin: Type |
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