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Grammar and Linguistics > I īll have cereals withstrawberries or I īll have some cerals with some strawberries...
I īll have cereals withstrawberries or I īll have some cerals with some strawberries...
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angela#anaconda
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I īll have cereals withstrawberries or I īll have some cerals with some strawberries...
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Hey there!
I īve always wondered what the difference was between:
I īd like "a bowl of cereal with strawberries" and I īd like a bowl of cereal with some strawberries".
Can I have cereal? and Can I have some cereal?
What does "some" add as far as meaning is concerned?
Please tell me! I need your help, especially if English is your mother tongue.
Thanxxxxxx |
15 Nov 2009
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chalco
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Hi
I can see you are Enjoy īing (B2S1 isnt it?)!!!  As far as I īm concerned, I don īt think there is much difference between the two except that in the question, if you use "some" then you pre-suppose the cereal you īre asking for are actually present in the situation. |
15 Nov 2009
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alien boy
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Well, usually they īre pretty much interchangeable. The only real difference would relate to the quantity of strawberries that may be with the cereal in question. Using īsome ī often indicates a smaller (but unspecified) amount whereas just īwith strawberries ī may well indicate that there are a lot more strawberries with that particular bowl of cereal!
Cheers,
AB
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15 Nov 2009
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Zora
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Hi, I am late to this one BUT to me... they would be this:
"A bowl of cereal with strawberries." - would mean cereal with strawberries on top or mixed in.
"A bowl of cereal with some strawberries." - would mean cereal and then some strawberries with it. i.e. on the side, not necessarily part of the cereal.
Cheers,
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16 Nov 2009
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