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User_gary Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
To do the dish
Can you tell me if "to do the dish" means "to make meals" or "to clean the utensils after meal"?
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Hi I'd say that "to do the dish" means that you pick out a recipe and then make it However - and you are quite right - to do the dishes is to wash up the dishes after a meal It's a strange case where the plural makes a real difference - Sam did the dish, Peter did the dishes [= Sam made the meal, Peter washed up afterwards] Dave
- Hi I'd say that "to do the dish" means that you pick out a recipe and then make it However - and you are quite right - to do the dishes is to wash up the dishes after a meal It's a strange case where the plural makes a real difference - Sam did the dish, Peter did the dishes [= Sam made the meal, Peter washed up afterwards] Dave
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Hi
I'd say that "to do the dish" means that you pick out a recipe and then make it
However - and you are quite right - to do the dishes is to wash up the dishes after a meal
It's a strange case where the plural makes a real difference
- Sam did the dish, Peter did the dishes
[= Sam made the meal, Peter washed up afterwards]
Dave
I'd say that "to do the dish" means that you pick out a recipe and then make it
However - and you are quite right - to do the dishes is to wash up the dishes after a meal
It's a strange case where the plural makes a real difference
- Sam did the dish, Peter did the dishes
[= Sam made the meal, Peter washed up afterwards]
Dave
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To do the dishes ans to wash (and dry) the plates and utensils after a meal. If this is the situation you need it for, this is the correct expression. I've never come across it in the singular.
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