noun
BAD : The pencils were free and so I took two pieces.
GOOD : The pencils were free and so I took two.
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Piece is NOT used with countable nouns. Compare: 'a piece of cheese', 'a piece of furniture', 'a piece of luck'.
noun
BAD : The pencils were free and so I took two pieces.
GOOD : The pencils were free and so I took two.
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Piece is NOT used with countable nouns. Compare: 'a piece of cheese', 'a piece of furniture', 'a piece of luck'.
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary. Английский словарь распространенных ошибок Longman. 2012