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Soprano Posted 16 years ago
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A sandwich of
Hello,
Could you help me with this doubt?
I would say: I ate a tomato and cheese sandwich.
But someone wrote: I ate a sandwich of tomato and cheese.
Is this last one completely wrong?
Thank you.
Could you help me with this doubt?
I would say: I ate a tomato and cheese sandwich.
But someone wrote: I ate a sandwich of tomato and cheese.
Is this last one completely wrong?
Thank you.
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This first is more common, but the second is not wrong. You would be more likely to hear the sentence phrased the second way if there were lengthy modifiers involved: I ate a sandwich of home-grown heirloom tomatoes and Danish Esrom cheese.
- This first is more common, but the second is not wrong.
- You would be more likely to hear the sentence phrased the second way if there were lengthy modifiers involved: I ate a sandwich of home-grown heirloom tomatoes and Danish Esrom cheese.
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This first is more common, but the second is not wrong. You would be more likely to hear the sentence phrased the second way if there were lengthy modifiers involved:
I ate a sandwich of home-grown heirloom tomatoes and Danish Esrom cheese.
I ate a sandwich of home-grown heirloom tomatoes and Danish Esrom cheese.
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"I ate a tomato and cheese sandwich" is the standard way of saying it (actually, for me, the standard way is "cheese and tomato sandwich").
"I ate a sandwich of tomato and cheese" is not wrong, but it feels like a sentence for written English, where the author is deliberately choosing a stylistic effect.
"I ate a sandwich of tomato and cheese" is not wrong, but it feels like a sentence for written English, where the author is deliberately choosing a stylistic effect.
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