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Irland5 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
To vs For
Hello everyone
Would you use “for” or “to”? here there is a context : you are ordering at a restaurant
- I want coke for drink
- I want coke for drinking
- I want coke to drink
- To drink I want coke
- For drink I want coke
- For drinking I want coke
- I want the cheese burger to take out
- I want the cheese burger for take out
- I want the cheese burger for taking out
Many thanks
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I want is rude and too forceful. More natural is I'd like or I'll have. Where I live, people almost always add ' please'.
- I want is rude and too forceful.
- More natural is I'd like or I'll have.
- Where I live, people almost always add ' please'.
- You don't need to say for/to drink , because it is obvious that you will drink it.
- Just say I'd like a coke, please.
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I want is rude and too forceful. More natural is I'd like or I'll have.
Where I live, people almost always add 'please'.
You don't need to say for/to drink, because it is obvious that you will drink it.
Just say I'd like a coke, please.
And I'd like a cheeseburger to take out (or to go).
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