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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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eat for 3

Is this natural?
She eats for 3.

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Do you want to say that she consumes as much food as three people would? If that's what you mean, then your sentence is possible; however, I would write 'three' instead of '3'.

  • Do you want to say that she consumes as much food as three people would?
  • If that's what you mean, then your sentence is possible; however, I would write 'three' instead of '3'.
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Do you want to say that she consumes as much food as three people would? If that's what you mean, then your sentence is possible; however, I would write 'three' instead of '3'.
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She eats enough for three. -- She eats a much as three people would eat.
She eats (or is eating) for three. -- She is pregnant with twins and eats for herself and for them.

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