victoria
Could you tell me whether I can say "cook a lunch"?
18 de ago de 2013 00:08
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"Cook lunch" would be more common, but "cook a lunch" is perfectly fine.
18 de agosto de 2013
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If you're talking specifically about the mid-day meal, you can say 'cook the lunch' (i.e.: 'It's my turn for cooking the luch today'). But for talking about a meal in general use 'cook a meal' or 'cook the meal' (i.e.: 'I have to cook a meal at least once every day', 'Yesterday I cooked a delicious meal for dinner').
18 de agosto de 2013
'A lunch' is only used when modifying 'lunch'. Ex. I cooked a healthy lunch. I cooked a lunch consisting of... I cooked a lunch that... 'A lunch' on its own IS acceptable, but if you don't intend to modify 'lunch' then it's more natural to drop the article.
24 de agosto de 2013
"Cook a lunch" may be correct in situations where one is cooking a meal for sometime in the future. For instance, one might "cook a lunch" in the evening to bring to work the next day, although you could also just "cook lunch for tomorrow." It may not be formally correct but I definitely hear it used colloquially. However, most of the time "cook lunch" is used.
18 de agosto de 2013
No, 'cook a lunch" is never perfectly fine, "cook lunch" would be the correct way of saying it if it is a regular thing, like "I'm going to cook lunch" or "I cook lunch every day". Otherwise "Cook a meal", like below.
18 de agosto de 2013
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