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Dallas Hinton | Anton Shepelev | Women don't like rain |
July 3, 2019 2:36 PM * |
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Hi Anton -- on Jul 04 2019 at 00:04, you wrote: DH>> When we say "tea and apple pie", we actually mean "a cup DH>> of tea and a piece of apple pie" AS> Again, it is not "a piece of *an* apple pie", because `pie' AS> (as well as `pizza') is here more natural in its AS> uncountable, substantive form. A piece of apple pie is like AS> a glass of water, whereas I had eggs for my dinner and AS> bisquits and nuts with my after-dinner tea. Again -- I think you're trying to read too deeply -- a lot of these expressions simply get categorized as colloquial! Cheers... Dallas --- timEd/NT 1.30+ * Origin: The BandMaster, Vancouver, CANADA (1:153/7715) |
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