Subj : A pie
To   : Dallas Hinton
From : Alexander Koryagin
Date : Fri Dec 22 2023 08:07:48


Hi, Dallas Hinton!
I read your message from 18.12.2023 12:05

 AK>> I prefer English classics:
 AK> -----Beginning of the citation-----
 AK> George suggested meat and fruit pies, cold
 AK> meat, tomatoes, fruit, and green stuff.  For drink, we took some
 AK> wonderful sticky concoction of Harris's, which you mixed with water
 AK> and called lemonade, plenty of tea, and a bottle of whisky,inn
 AK> case, as George said, we got upset.
 AK> ----- The end of the citation -----

 AK>> Could the author omit "a" and say about fruit pie?

 DH> As I read the above, the author DID omit "a", and that's correct as
 DH> (I gather from the context) s/he is talking about more than one pie
 DH> (regardless of whether it's a meat or a fruit pie, or even an
 DH> unimaginable meat and fruit pie!).

Could the author use "pie" instead of "pies" like in the text than started the tread?

-----Beginning of the citation-----
..... She was sitting at the dining room table with the other children, two of whom were eating pie and ice cream with expressions of immense satisfaction."
----- The end of the citation -----

Probably the children ate the same pie. Which was without an article. ;)

Bye, Dallas!
Alexander Koryagin
english_tutor 2023

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