Anna: Another good example. Very mysterious

Fal: Indeed, good point. In fact, I have 319 Arizona cypress and three Italian cypress. Thus I have 322 cypress but only two cypresses

In your example, however, there is in fact a distinction: "wheat" and "corn" are collective (?) nouns where "pea" and "potato" are not

Or am I begging the question--that is, in the classic meaning of the phrase

But thank you for that link. I am overwhelmed

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