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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

a cake or a piece od cake

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00Which of these two sentences is correct?02br
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01i00I would like to have a piece of cake.02i02br
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01i00I would like to have a cake. 02i02br
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00My linguistic instinct (?) tells me the 1st one is correct as it is but wondering if the 2nd one is correct as it is too.0-
  

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0both are correct. if you want to have a piece, no problem.02br
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00a piece of cake means part of cake, some cake.02br
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00for example there are ten pieces of cake, could i take two pieces of cake?0-
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0A piece of cake is a slice cut from a large cake.02br
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00You also get small cakes meant for one person to eat, in which case you ask for a cake, because you are going to have the whole thing, not just a piece of it.0-

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