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Viceidol Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

"start with/from appetizer"

We usaully start with appetizer in an American restaurant.

We usaully start from appetizer in an American restaurant.

May I ask what preposition I should use here? Or which is the most commonly-used?

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We usually start with an appetizer in American restaurants. )

  • We usually start with an appetizer in American restaurants.
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We usually start with an appetizer in American restaurants.
(Actually, most people don't have appetizers, but grammatically, that's correct.)
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usually
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start with; begin with; end with; finish with
You start with an appetizer and finish with dessert.
You begin with A and end with Z.
The movie began with a murder and ended with a wedding.
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But with physical movement and locations:
start at; end at
You start at the bank,
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I usually do dinner without appetizer and dessert. I just order the entree and juice. Is this ok?
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We talk about "doing" dinner all the time, although it's not how I'd write it in a formal situation.

Even in this sentence, I think appetizer would benefit from the article.
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where to start appetizer

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