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Lucus Ong Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Piece

We say a piece of music/cake/song/paper/furniture/news___________/_________/________/__________/__________/_____________.

Is there anything else that we can use a piece to be their collective noun?

Many thanka in advance.
  

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It is not common to say "a piece of song". Here are a few more: a piece of cheese/meat/fish/chicken/pie/pizza/bread/toast/chocolate/gum/cloth/clothing/land/art/luggage/equipment/wood Idioms: a piece of work a piece of the pie a piece of the action a piece of my mind

  • It is not common to say "a piece of song".
  • Here are a few more: a piece of cheese/meat/fish/chicken/pie/pizza/bread/toast/chocolate/gum/cloth/clothing/land/art/luggage/equipment/wood Idioms: a piece of work a piece of the pie a piece of the action a piece of my mind
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It is not common to say "a piece of song".

Here are a few more:

a piece of cheese/meat/fish/chicken/pie/pizza/bread/toast/chocolate/gum/cloth/clothing/land/art/luggage/equipment/wood

Idioms:
a piece of work
a piece of the pie
a piece of the action
a piece of my mind
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Hi,

A piece of works well with many uncountable nouns: a piece of work/coursework/research/advice/music/equipment/software ... (and many more)

EDIT Oops ... while I was typing, Amy had already replied.
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Hi Yankee,

I'm sorry to interrupt.

Here are a few more:


a piece of cheese/meat/fish/chicken/pie/pizza/bread/toast/chocolate/gum



>Does "some" or "a chuck of" work well with the above foods?

>Do you use a lot of "a piece of" in daily life with food items? Like "I'm going to get a piece of beef/pork"



Thank y
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tinanam0102Hi Yankee,

I'm sorry to interrupt.

Here are a few more:


a piece of cheese/meat/fish/chicken/pie/pizza/bread/toast/chocolate/gum



>Does "some" or "
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Tanitadvice
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"A piece of advice" is a very good one to learn and remember since people so often make the mistake of saying either "an advice" or "advices".
You can also say "a piece of information".
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Dear AlpheccaStars,

Thank you for your help. [F]

Could I ask the following questions correct?

-one slice of orange

-two cloves of garlic

-A whole garlic

- A bag / tin of beans

- An ear of corn / Two ears of corns

- A stalk of celery / green vegetable

- A __ of broccali / cauliflowers

- A __ of bok choy
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Hi!

a piece of work
a piece of the pie
a piece of the action
a piece of my mind

Could anybody give me the meanings of them?
Are they often used ?
I'm afraid that people may not understand them when I use these idioms in my writing?
Many thanks in advance.

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Vctory OngIs there anything else that we can use a piece to be their collective noun?
Just a little aside: They are not necessarily collective nouns. In fact, most of them are not collective nouns.

CJ
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Hi

The second picture doesn't look like a ___ of pizza. It looks like a whole pizza.

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