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Is pie a countable noun or not? Two sentences in a magzine: She is going to make an apple pie (I think it's a countable noun here) for this holiday. Apple pie is ("is" is used here without "a" or "the" before Apple pie, I am confused) a very American dessert.
12 июля 2012 г., 12:23
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"She is going to make an apple pie" - one apple pie, for example. We're not being specific here. "Apple pie is a very American dessert." - here, we mean "apple pie" in the most general sense. You simply don't use "the" when speaking in general. As apple pie is a kind of food, we naturally follow the pattern for the uncountable noun "food".
12 июля 2012 г.
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Pie can be both countable and uncountable. It's uncountable when you think of it as a substance: "Apple pie is a very American dessert". It's countable when you think of it as an object with well-defined boundaries and a well-defined shape ("she's going to make two apple pies").
12 июля 2012 г.
Pies are countable. Period.
13 июля 2012 г.
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