A pie
I saw the above on YouTube.
Pleased explain the use of "a" before "pie"
Isn't "pie" an uncountable noun?
How do we know if it's countable or not?
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Jigneshbharati Isn't "pie" an uncountable noun? When it is a discrete object it is countable. When it is a "substance" it is uncountable.
- Jigneshbharati Isn't "pie" an uncountable noun?
- When it is a discrete object it is countable.
- When it is a "substance" it is uncountable.
- " (uncountable, a portion of a large pie).
- When we bake a pie, we perceive that we are baking a whole discrete object, not some substance, so we use the countable form.
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JigneshbharatiIsn't "pie" an uncountable noun?
When it is a discrete object it is countable. When it is a "substance" it is uncountable. Compare "Would you like another pie?" (countable, a whole pie) to "Would you like some more pie?" (uncountable, a portion of a large pie). When we bake a pie, we perceive that we are baking a whole discrete object, not som
0JigneshbharatiHow do we know if it's countable or not?
When you are listening to someone else or when you are reading, you know it's countable if you see a determiner like "a" or "this" or "that" before "pie", and you know it's not countable if there is no determiner. If it's countable you know the speaker or writer is talking about an object. If it's unc
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