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Believer Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
dinner or a dinner
Can you help me with the following questions?
1. How are the following different?
Do you like to have dinner with me?
Do you like to have a dinner with me?
2. Should I use no nation or no nations and what determines the choice to be made?
No nation should have ...
No nations should have ...
3. Why the underlined part is a good quality and not possibly, "good qualities"?
... , you mean that they are perfect or have a lot of a good quality.
1. How are the following different?
Do you like to have dinner with me?
Do you like to have a dinner with me?
2. Should I use no nation or no nations and what determines the choice to be made?
No nation should have ...
No nations should have ...
3. Why the underlined part is a good quality and not possibly, "good qualities"?
... , you mean that they are perfect or have a lot of a good quality.
Top answer
key=21847&dict=CALD 2) I think " no nation" means all nations. no nations means more than one nation. '
- key=21847&dict=CALD 2) I think " no nation" means all nations.
- no nations means more than one nation.
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http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=21847&dict=CALD
2) I think " no nation" means all nations. no nations means more than one nation.
3)I think it should be ' a lot of good qualities
2) I think " no nation" means all nations. no nations means more than one nation.
3)I think it should be ' a lot of good qualities
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1. How are the following different?
Do you like to have dinner with me? Dinner is uncountable here. This is about having dinner together (once or several times, it doesn't matter) and the normal question.
Do you like to have a dinner with me? Here it is countable (a rare occurence). It talks about having just one dinner and s
Do you like to have dinner with me? Dinner is uncountable here. This is about having dinner together (once or several times, it doesn't matter) and the normal question.
Do you like to have a dinner with me? Here it is countable (a rare occurence). It talks about having just one dinner and s
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Hi Marius Hancu
You wrote "Do you like to have a dinner with me? Here it is countable (a rare occurence). It talks about having just one dinner and sounds strange."
Please note that 'occurence' should be spelt 'occurrence'. This word is very commonly misspelt and I hope you don't mind my pointing out your error.
You wrote "Do you like to have a dinner with me? Here it is countable (a rare occurence). It talks about having just one dinner and sounds strange."
Please note that 'occurence' should be spelt 'occurrence'. This word is very commonly misspelt and I hope you don't mind my pointing out your error.
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1. I assume this is an invitation. As such, Do you ...? is impossible. It will have to be Would you ...?
Would you like to have dinner with me? invites someone to experience everything about the meal -- meeting, going to the restaurant, ordering, enjoying the conversation, paying the bill, ...
Would you like to have a dinner with me? invite
Would you like to have dinner with me? invites someone to experience everything about the meal -- meeting, going to the restaurant, ordering, enjoying the conversation, paying the bill, ...
Would you like to have a dinner with me? invite
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"Have dinner" a normal, everyday occurence.
We had dinner in a nice restaurant by the sea.
"Have a dinner" for a special occasion.
We're having a dinner for Jack, who is retiring this month.
We had dinner in a nice restaurant by the sea.
"Have a dinner" for a special occasion.
We're having a dinner for Jack, who is retiring this month.
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- 'How different the following sentences are?' or 'How/in what way do the following sentences differ?' 'What do the following sentences differ in?' or 'What is the difference between the following sentences?' or 'Is there any difference between the following sentences?' &c.
- Asking 'Do you like to have dinner with me?' seems to have but one and only meaning: 'Do y
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<Asking 'Do you like to have dinner with me?' seems to have but one and only meaning: 'Do you prefer having dinner with or without me?' whereas 'Do you like to have a dinner with me?' sounds like lacking sense. >
Correct, the latter one has no sense.
<'No' ==> 'Not any'>
In some contexts, yes.
There are no ap
Correct, the latter one has no sense.
<'No' ==> 'Not any'>
In some contexts, yes.
There are no ap
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