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 Message 4074 
 Gleb Hlebov to Dallas Hinton 
 A pie 
 19 Dec 23 08:56:22 
 
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+ 08:55 [4222] quoting Dallas Hinton -> Alexander Koryagin
- 08:55 [4222] TIME Tue 19 Dec 2023 08:55 +0400

Hello Dallas,

[...]

 DH> or even an unimaginable meat and fruit pie!).

:-)
That's not unheard of, come to think of it. At least there are chicken &
pineapple salad recipes and some other "weird" but edible combos.

 AK>> meat, tomatoes, fruit, and green stuff.

I was trying to prove the point to AK that "fruit" can be referred to as an
uncountable noun. So, is this usage "grammatical"? I believe the author used
"fruit" (not fruits) to imply "the assortment of fruits", like in a
smorgasbord.

Some other examples, like this one:

========
eat plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables
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