"Hvorfor kaster han egg på politikeren?"

Translation: Why is he throwing eggs at the politician?

[londoncallling]

I think 'throwing egg' should be accepted. To me that implies several eggs.

[grydolva]

Added. I agree that it can mean both singular and plural in Norwegian too.

[mangochutney]

In English I think using the singular implies a continuous substance, i.e. the inner white and yolk of an egg extracted from the shells.

If we're just throwing whole eggs at someone and expecting them to break on impact I would always use 'eggs'.

[Ambrose_Burnside]

i agree with this. If they are in shells it should be said plural since they are contained in multiple units. If you had say, cracked several dozen eggs into a bucket and threw it at said politician, you could say "throwing egg at.."

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