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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
lunch, dinner, breakfast
Can they be used as verbs as weil?
Are they used as verbs although it may not be correct yet?
Are they used as verbs although it may not be correct yet?
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"Lunch" and "breakfast" could be used as verbs. We lunched together. We breakfasted together.
- "Lunch" and "breakfast" could be used as verbs.
- We lunched together.
- We breakfasted together.
- Although not too many peopled would use "to breakfast" like that; it's rather old-fashioned.
- We'd be more likely to say, "we had breakfast together".
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"Lunch" and "breakfast" could be used as verbs.
We lunched together.
We breakfasted together.
Although not too many peopled would use "to breakfast" like that; it's rather old-fashioned. We'd be more likely to say, "we had breakfast together".
No such thing is possible with the words "dinner" and "supper". You'd have to use the verb "to dine" and "to sup":
We lunched together.
We breakfasted together.
Although not too many peopled would use "to breakfast" like that; it's rather old-fashioned. We'd be more likely to say, "we had breakfast together".
No such thing is possible with the words "dinner" and "supper". You'd have to use the verb "to dine" and "to sup":
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I'd say the verb 'sup' is more or less archaic.
I often say and hear
eg We had dinner together..
Clive
I often say and hear
eg We had dinner together..
Clive
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CliveI'd say the verb 'sup' is more or less archaic.I agree. I just wanted to illustrate that it was grammatically possible.
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