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MyShirley Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

situational english

You are ordering food at McDonald's, and you don't want tomato sauce in your chesse burger.

What do you usually say to make this request?

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"A cheeseburger without ketchup, please"?

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26 Answers
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"A cheeseburger without ketchup, please"?
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If you want real "situational" English, I think real people will say like these.

I want no ketchup on my cheese burger, please.

No ketchup on my cheese burger, please.

Put no ketchup on my cheese burger, please. (I think this is right too)
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One cheese burger. No ketchup, please.
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BelieverIf you want real "situational" English, I think real people will say like these.

I want no ketchup on my cheese burger, please.

No ketchup on my cheese burger, please.

Put no ketchup on my cheese burger, please. (I think this is right too)

Put no ketchup on my cheese burger, please. (I
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I'm with Pieanne on this one. What you'd actually say is 'A cheeseburger without ketchup'.
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Or

A cheeseburger - please hold the ketchup.
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Grammar GeekOr

A cheeseburger - please hold the ketchup.

But not in BrEng.
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So "hold the X" is only on this side of the pond?
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Grammar GeekSo "hold the X" is only on this side of the pond?

I've never heard it in the UK, apart from in American restaurants, that is.
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-- Next.
-- Cheeseburger. No ketchup.
-- Anything else?
-- No.
-- Nothing to drink?
-- No.

Sometimes:
-- Can I help the next person?
-- I'll have a cheeseburger. No ketchup.
-- Will that be all?
-- Uh-huh.

CJ
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