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Layla1234 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

In a restaurant/ the cutlery please?

I would like to teach my younger sister (at the age of 7) to get something in a restaurant

Shoud I teach her also articles or can she say it without articles

The cutlery, please.
A knife, please.
A coffee, please.
The bill, please,
The menu, please.
A table for three, please.
  

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Hi, I would like to teach my younger sister (at the age of 7) to get something in a restaurant Should I teach her also articles or can she say it without articles The cutlery, please. A knife, please. A coffee, please.

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  • Hi, I would like to teach my younger sister (at the age of 7) to get something in a restaurant Should I teach her also articles or can she say it without articles The cutlery, please.
  • A knife, please.
  • A coffee, please.
  • The bill, please, The menu, please.
  • A table for three, please.
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Hi,

I would like to teach my younger sister (at the age of 7) to get something in a restaurant

Should I teach her also articles or can she say it without articles

The cutlery, please.
A knife, please.
A coffee, please.
The bill, please,
The menu, please.
A table for three, please.

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At least in the U.S., "silverware" (even if it's not silver) is much more common than "cutlery."

Some of these requests would seem a bit odd coming from a 7-year-old. Does she drink coffee? If she asks for the bill, is she going to pay it?
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