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Vincent Teo Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

eat a lot of lunch

Can I say,

(a) He eats a lots of lunch today.
  

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Hi VT You can never say "a lot s " and the simple present tense doesn't work because you have 'today' in the sentence. Try one of these: He ate a lot for lunch today. / He ate a lot of lunch today.

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  • Hi VT You can never say "a lot s " and the simple present tense doesn't work because you have 'today' in the sentence.
  • Try one of these: He ate a lot for lunch today.
  • / He ate a lot of lunch today.
  • He is going to eat a lot for lunch today.
  • / He is going to eat a lot of lunch today.
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Hi VT

You can never say "a lots" and the simple present tense doesn't work because you have 'today' in the sentence.

Try one of these:

He ate a lot for lunch today. / He ate a lot of lunch today.
He is going to eat a lot for lunch today. / He is going to eat a lot of lunch today.
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