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Spooner Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Special dietary requests

I sometimes cook dishes on special dietary requests.

Hi,

Does the sentence make sense, especially with regard to the use of the preposition "on"?

Thanks
  

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It is understandable, yes, but the idiom is 'on request'. I suggest: I sometimes prepare special dietary dishes on request. 'Prepare' because I presume some, like salads, are uncooked.

— Mister Micawber

  • It is understandable, yes, but the idiom is 'on request'.
  • I suggest: I sometimes prepare special dietary dishes on request.
  • 'Prepare' because I presume some, like salads, are uncooked.
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It is understandable, yes, but the idiom is 'on request'. I suggest:

I sometimes prepare special dietary dishes on request.

'Prepare' because I presume some, like salads, are uncooked.
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Yes, I would say.

'On request' could easily translate to 'upon request', and both are interchangeable as well as formal. The adjective 'dietary' merely defines or qualifies the noun 'request'.
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However, it might enhance clarity if you inject some punctuations somewhere, since someone might easily mistake the intent, presuming the intention - 'on' - to be a reference of 'topic' or 'subject', as in: I'm writing a book on Dietary Request.

In the above example, on' could be substituted with 'about'.
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Thanks, especially the last part was very helpful.
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FYI, I was talking to Mr. Micawber.
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