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MUSCOVITE Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
to make pancakes + PREPOSITION + a cooker/grill/frying pan/oven/stove
Hi,
I understand the phrase
We can make pancakes on a grill
is correct English whereas the sentence
We can make pancakes on a (sic!) cooker
is NOT.
In my native language both these sentences are fine ...that's why I'd like you to help me figure our which words (from the list "cooker/grill/oven/stove, etc.) can "co-exist" with "we can make pancakes" and with what prepositions (in? on? at?)
Hope this question makes sense...
Thank you!
mus-te
I understand the phrase
We can make pancakes on a grill
is correct English whereas the sentence
We can make pancakes on a (sic!) cooker
is NOT.
In my native language both these sentences are fine ...that's why I'd like you to help me figure our which words (from the list "cooker/grill/oven/stove, etc.) can "co-exist" with "we can make pancakes" and with what prepositions (in? on? at?)
Hope this question makes sense...
Thank you!
mus-te
Top answer
) cooker My understanding is that the British use "cooker" where we Americans would use "stove", and there's nothing unusual about making pancakes on a stove, so I don't understand why you think making pancakes on a cooker is incorrect. In my opinion these are all fine. We can make pancakes on a [stove / cooker / griddle].
- ) cooker My understanding is that the British use "cooker" where we Americans would use "stove", and there's nothing unusual about making pancakes on a stove, so I don't understand why you think making pancakes on a cooker is incorrect.
- In my opinion these are all fine.
- We can make pancakes on a [stove / cooker / griddle].
- We can make pancakes in [an oven / a pan / a frying pan].
- I think it's a toss-up whether "on a grill" will work.
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MUSCOVITEWe can make pancakes on a (sic!) cookerMy understanding is that the British use "cooker" where we Americans would use "stove", and there's nothing unusual about making pancakes on a stove, so I don't understand why you think making pancakes on a cooker is incorrect.
In my opinion these are all fine.
We can make pancakes on a [stove
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Thank you, CalifJim!
Below are some of the reported hits:
(1) When we come back, we are going to put the President ON A FRYING PAN just a little bit over taxes and the budget
(2) ... and then evaporated like water ON
CalifJimWe can make pancakes in [an oven / a pan / a frying pan].I just checked COCA for the word combination "on a frying pan".
Below are some of the reported hits:
(1) When we come back, we are going to put the President ON A FRYING PAN just a little bit over taxes and the budget
(2) ... and then evaporated like water ON
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MUSCOVITEreported hitsDid you also try to get hits on "in a frying pan"? Where I live, "in a frying pan" is the expression we use. I can accept those examples with "on". After all, it's easy to understand what is meant with either "in" or "on". Nevertheless, I don't use "on".
CJ
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CalifJimDid you also try to get hits on "in a frying pan"?Yes, I did.
The number of the 'in a frying pan' hits that COCA reported was SEVERAL times larger then the number of the 'on a frying pan" hits!
CalifJimNevertheless, I don't use "on".And so I can forget about those few odd examples with 'on...' once and for all
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