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Moon7296 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
a tomato spaghetti?
1. A tomato spaghetti
2. tomato spaghetti
3. Can I get a tomato spaghetti?
Q) "spaghetti" is an uncounterble noun. But I saw some one put an article "a" in front of "tomato spaghetti." It is incorrect, is it?
2. tomato spaghetti
3. Can I get a tomato spaghetti?
Q) "spaghetti" is an uncounterble noun. But I saw some one put an article "a" in front of "tomato spaghetti." It is incorrect, is it?
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If you want a dish of this in a restaurant, you could ask for 'a tomato spaghetti' . Rover
- If you want a dish of this in a restaurant, you could ask for 'a tomato spaghetti' .
- Rover
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Wow, that's something I didn't know. Thank you.
Q) Techinically, is it grammatically correct? (an article comes before an adjective + uncounterble noun. If so, are there other examples?)
Q2) I think a speaker says "a tomato spaghetti" instead of "a dish of a tomato spaghetti" because the first one is shorter i.e., easier to say than the second and its very natural that a hearer w
Q) Techinically, is it grammatically correct? (an article comes before an adjective + uncounterble noun. If so, are there other examples?)
Q2) I think a speaker says "a tomato spaghetti" instead of "a dish of a tomato spaghetti" because the first one is shorter i.e., easier to say than the second and its very natural that a hearer w
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You are right.
Similarly, asking for a chicken salad will be understood to mean a portion of chicken — not a whole chicken — with salad.
Rover
Similarly, asking for a chicken salad will be understood to mean a portion of chicken — not a whole chicken — with salad.
Rover
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