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Vincent Teo Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
A plate of cookies
Do you say,
She is baking a plate of cookies.
She is baking a plate of cookies.
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It sounds a bit weird to me. They only become a plate of cookies once they've been taken out of the oven and served on a plate. You don't actually cook them on the plate.
- It sounds a bit weird to me.
- They only become a plate of cookies once they've been taken out of the oven and served on a plate.
- You don't actually cook them on the plate.
- You could say "baking a tray of cookies" (a tray is something you could actually cook them on).
- You could also say "baking a batch of cookies".
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It sounds a bit weird to me. They only become a plate of cookies once they've been taken out of the oven and served on a plate. You don't actually cook them on the plate.
You could say "baking a tray of cookies" (a tray is something you could actually cook them on). You could also say "baking a batch of cookies".
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You could say "baking a tray of cookies" (a tray is something you could actually cook them on). You could also say "baking a batch of cookies".
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