Put a lemon in my soup

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01cite10User_gary12cite10When should I use to say the following sentences? or what is the difference in the meaning of following sentences?12br
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10Put some lemon in my soup. 11font10You want12font11font10 12font11font

0You would say 'put some lemon in my soup'. 02br
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00Actually, if you were asking someone else for this you'd be much politer to say02br
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00'Can I have some lemon in my soup please?'0-

0Hi,02br
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00Correct me if you will but whenever I go to a restaurant and asks something by saying "Can I have a lemon in my soup?" that means that I want a slice or two slices of lemon in my soup and I believe that is what most restaurant workers will assume to be so. 0-

0No, what this means is for a whole lemon to be put in your soup - the correct form would be as Nona described above. Alternatively, you could say "Please could you put a slice of (or01i00 a little02i00) lemon in my soup".0-

0 No, if you say a lemon you will end up with the whole thing! 0-

0 This is different from "a Coke" or "a coffee" Believer, and that may be what is confusing you. Coke and coffee are mass nouns and you can't usually have "one" except in a restaurant setting. 0-

0Thank you.02br
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00So what you are saying is for a variable food noun like lemon or apple, a lemon or an apple in a pie means a whole lemon or apple in a pie and not slices of those fruits, but for mass nouns like coke or coffee, you can say 'a coke' or 'a coffee' to mean 'a cup of coke' or 'a cup of coffee'? A clear difference in usage between 01u00the mass no

0 Yes. 0-