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Believer Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

foreign name of dish

Hi,

Let's make a name of a foreign dish and assume that name means as indicated. Should I put the article "the" even if I mentioning for the 1st time? I think the words like "sprout casserole" would accompany an article even if it is used for the first time ? Help.

Jangging -- sprout casserole

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sprout casserole Yes, you would usually say 'the sprout casserole'. I don't think the foreign dish part is relevant.

— Nona the brit

  • sprout casserole Yes, you would usually say 'the sprout casserole'.
  • I don't think the foreign dish part is relevant.
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sprout casserole Emotion: ick!

Yes, you would usually say 'the sprout casserole'.

I don't think the foreign dish part is relev
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Thank you. Sorry if the sprout casserole I mentioned is displeasing to your palate.

So are you saying it is correct to put the article "the" in front of the foreign name even if it is being mentioned for the 1st time?

I highly recommend the??? Jangging (Sorry the word "King" should be deleted. Typo.)
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Yes, use the "the." (As Nona says, the nature of it being foreign or not doesn't matter.)

Oh, you should try the casserole that Mary brought. You should try some of the chicken salad. I thought the brownies were terrific.

Also, food situations are sometimes different from other rules. For example, uncountable nouns (like water or coffee) become "three waters and a coffee, please
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Nona The Britsprout casserole Emotion: ick!

Yes, you would usually say 'the sprout casserole'.

I don
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Grammar GeekYes, use the "the." (As Nona says, the nature of it being foreign or not doesn't matter.)

You should try some of the chicken salad.

Would you say that even if you were holding the salad bowl containing chicken salad?

"I'd say "Try some chicken salad, it's delicious."
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Sometimes you would use "A sprout caserole" - for example:

"What is for dinner, Mother?"
"I'm making a sprout casserole."

But if, for example, you are referring to a dish on a menu or in a cookery book, then
you might use "The".

For example:

Waiter: "What would you like for your main course?"
Customer: "I'd like the sprout casserole, please."
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All of those can be used without an article, Vermithrax.

I told the Critic I was planning on making bread pudding. "Mmnh," he grunted. "It's okay. Why aren't you making Bread and Butter Pudding - I like it a lot better?"

Barb said she's making beef soup tonight and will also bring me some broth.

She's making chicken and dumplings for dinner tonight. Don asks w

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I'd say and I hope NTB will correct me if I'm wrong it just complies to the regular use of the article for uncountable nouns :
- If you need to be 'generic' then no article as in 'I hate sprout casserole' or 'I've never tried chicken wings so far' or 'we have clam chowder every week in winter time'. Again this is because you refer to the dish in general.
- If you have to be 'sp
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