Sentence structure disagreement
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I have what I hope is a quick question, there is a disagreement between my coworkers about how to phrase something at work. The event venue I work at also has an on-site restaurant with "Bistro" in the name. Not all of our customers are aware that we have a restaurant, so whenever I refer to it in writing I call it: "our on-site restaurant, Grapes Bistro and Bar". I have two coworkers who think that's redundant, like saying "I am going to the bathroom washroom", since a bistro is just a kind of restaurant. They think "our on-site Grapes Bistro and Bar" is the correct phrasing.
Dropping the word "restaurant" feels very awkward to me, and I can't figure out why. Is there a grammatical rule about this that will settle the question, or is this just a matter of taste?
Quick note - "Grapes" isn't the name of our restaurant, it's just a placeholder.
Thank you!
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The way I see it the full name of the place is the proper noun Grapes Bistro and Bar. The related common noun is 'restaurant', so there is no reason the two should not occur together. We can say any of these: the word "frustrate"; the planet Jupiter; the book Being and Nothingness ; the character Hamlet.
- The way I see it the full name of the place is the proper noun Grapes Bistro and Bar.
- The related common noun is 'restaurant', so there is no reason the two should not occur together.
- We can say any of these: the word "frustrate"; the planet Jupiter; the book Being and Nothingness ; the character Hamlet.
- So why not the restaurant Grapes Bistro and Bar ?
- I don't see why there should be any objection to that.
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The way I see it the full name of the place is the proper noun Grapes Bistro and Bar. The related common noun is 'restaurant', so there is no reason the two should not occur together.
We can say any of these: the word "frustrate"; the planet Jupiter; the book Being and Nothingness; the character Hamlet.
So why not the restaurant Grapes Bistro and Bar? I don't see w
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