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Vincent Teo Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

With a toaster

Can I say,

I baked two slices of bread with a toaster.
  

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Hi; When you bake bread, you take some raw dough, knead it, let it rise, and then bake it. That makes a nice loaf of bread. Then you slice it and toast the slices in a toaster.

  • Hi; When you bake bread, you take some raw dough, knead it, let it rise, and then bake it.
  • That makes a nice loaf of bread.
  • Then you slice it and toast the slices in a toaster.
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Hi;

When you bake bread, you take some raw dough, knead it, let it rise, and then bake it.

That makes a nice loaf of bread. Then you slice it and toast the slices in a toaster.
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Thanks, so am i right? with a toaster?
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You can't bake bread in a toaster. You can only toast bread in a toaster.

Chalk

American, native English speaker
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Chalk is correct -

You bake bread in an oven.

You toast bread in a toaster.
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So, Vincent, say this: I toasted two pieces of bread.
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Thanks all of you !! If I say,

I toast bread with a toaster
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Hi Vincent,

In N. America people almost always make toast with a toaster, so the words 'with a toaster' seem like needless repetition. In fact, the sentence sounds silly.
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CliveIn fact, the sentence sounds silly.
Nevertheless, we have at least progressed in this thread to the point where we have stopped trying to bake bread in the toaster! What a mess that was! Don't forget to unplug it when you hose it down!
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I'm just on the cusp of buying a new toaster oven. My ancient toaster oven just gave up the ghost in a shower of sparks. I've been shopping around....the new ones are a little larger, but they can bake pizzas, broil steaks, and toast bread, too.

In the near future, I expect to be making my morning toast in a new countertop digital convection toaster oven!
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AlpheccaStarsMy ancient toaster oven just gave up the ghost in a shower of sparks.
Did you try cleaning it first? That was my problem. The dang thing wouldn't toast for more than 30 seconds before popping the toast. I turned it upside down and found enough bread crumbs to feed all the pigeons in St. Mark's Square for a month! Now it's working fine. All th

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