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Singular vs plural [#permalink] New post   18 Aug 2021, 15:12
The Pies Mother cooled was delicious. ( this is the sentences after removing all prepositional phrases).
My understanding - 'The pies mother cooled' is the uncontable noun (something eatable item) where it should take singular verb 'was'. But text book explain that pies is plural so you need to use 'were'.
Can anyone explain further, how it is plural? What is the meaning of "The pies mother cooled"

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Re: Singular vs plural [#permalink] New post   18 Aug 2021, 17:33
Can you post the full sentence so that we can understand correctly and answer your question? By the way, pie can be singular or plural noun. But Pies in plural form mean different types of pies or collection of pies. It would be better if you posted full sentence.
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Re: Singular vs plural [#permalink] New post   19 Aug 2021, 04:31
Here is the full sentence below.
The pies mother cooled in the window on Christmas day in the dead of a black winter in the 1990s after a long bout with an insidious form of tropical parasitic infection was delicious.

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Re: Singular vs plural [#permalink] New post   19 Aug 2021, 04:32
Here is the full sentence below.
The pies mother cooled in the window on Christmas day in the dead of a black winter in the 1990s after a long bout with an insidious form of tropical parasitic infection was delicious.

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