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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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1)Do you use egg when you make your own pasta?

2)After the storm, there were bits of tree all over the garden.
  

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This sort of singular usage seems natural to me. " Still, I don't consider the usage an idiom, so I wouldn't hesitate to use your expression. It would also be natural to use the species name: There were bits of pine and hemlock all over the garden.

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  • This sort of singular usage seems natural to me.
  • " Still, I don't consider the usage an idiom, so I wouldn't hesitate to use your expression.
  • It would also be natural to use the species name: There were bits of pine and hemlock all over the garden.
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This sort of singular usage seems natural to me. I've definitely heard "egg" used this way, but can't recall "bits of tree."

Still, I don't consider the usage an idiom, so I wouldn't hesitate to use your expression.
It would also be natural to use the species name:
There were bits of pine and hemlock all over the garden.
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