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- prepositions - (at in on) (- a the) restaurant - English Language . . .
I like eating at restaurants You use the definite article the if the restaurant is known in the context or if it has been mentioned before I like eating at the restaurant on the corner In that sentence it is clearly known which restaurant is being spoken about because it is specified by on the corner
- Breakfast + lunch = brunch ; lunch + dinner = linner ; breakfast . . .
A "Big Breakfast," a "Big Lunch", a "Big Dinner" etc There's no need for a separate word because all the time-frames are adequately covered For example: We'll be eating a big lunch tomorrow so I'm going to skip breakfast and I probably won't be hungry for supper later I ate such a big breakfast that I think I probably won't eat again until
- What word do we use to mean evening breakfast?
He has his breakfast in the evening, and his supper at 7am But this is unusual You have to explain why Joe wakes up in the evening "Breakfast" can also mean "a meal like that commonly served at breakfast" (in the UK that might mean cereal, toast, bacon, eggs) Some restaurants serve "all-day-breakfast"
- Do we say skip doing something such as skip cooking breakfast?
I don't understand why they don't have the structure "skip doing something" such as "skip cooking breakfast" Ving is a gerund and a gerund is also a noun The reason I'm asking this question is that when you see a structure " verb + Noun " in the dictionary, you can not automatically deduce you can use " that verb + a gerund "
- singular vs plural - When do I say food or foods? - English . . .
As I have read that the noun "food" is generally uncountable, I am not quite sure when I should use "food" as a countable noun For instance, Chicken and rice are food or Chicken and rice are
- What is the difference between be done and get done?
Whether it's with get or be as the auxiliary verb, "done with breakfast" is sloppy and slangy, so best avoided Stick to "standard English" I'll wash the dishes when I have finished my breakfast Or just use "when + Simple Present" to refer to the future: when I finish breakfast –
- I was looking forward ____ at the new restaurant, but it was closed
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- When do we use havent had, hadnt had, and didnt have?
For example: I haven't had my breakfast I hadn't had my breakfast I didn't have my breakfast Could you clarify if the abovementioned sentences are grammatically correct, and if yes, then what are
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