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December 17, 2012, 02:41 PM
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Dinner
Let' s go out to dinner. Or let, s go out for dinner. I ' m confused with dinner sometimes people use it with to and sometimes with for.
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December 17, 2012, 03:09 PM
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go out for/to dinner (=go and eat in a restaurant) Would you like to go out for dinner on Saturday?
Looks like both collocations (for/to) are totally valid.
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December 17, 2012, 09:06 PM
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Yes, both collocations are correct. However, consider these:
1. I may go (out) to a place (restaurant) for a meal (dinner). 2. I may go (out) to a meal (dinner) at a place (restaurant). 3. I may go out for a meal at a place (a restaurant, friend's home). I think that there is a subtle difference between them: 1. When one goes out to dinner, dinner is the desination (it's an event). 2 When one goes out for dinner, going out is the event, and dinner is the reason.
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December 17, 2012, 10:33 PM
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Good to know wrholt!
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Lo propio de la verdad es que se basta a sí misma, aquel que la posee no intenta convencer a nadie. "An enemy is somebody who flatters you. A friend is somebody who criticizes the living daylights out of you."
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December 18, 2012, 12:42 AM
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Some people in the UK may ask “what are you having for dinner?” when they are referring to lunch.
This confusion can happen between native speakers of English UK. I think it may have come from poor working class backgrounds originally, where “school dinners” would be at lunch time. This would often be the only cooked meal the child would have that day.
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(si lo entiendes este comentario,por favor puedes responder me como le decir la misma que me ayudará a aprender español ) Last edited by tk421; December 18, 2012 at 01:42 AM.
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