Usage of the prepositions: 'are you coming for tea' vs 'are you coming to tea'

[Pavanhotscan]

Hi Avant

the situation : i called to my friend ,

the i said " are you coming for tea "
or
" are you coming to tea"

which one of the sentence is correct ?

Regards
Pavan

[Alan]

Hi,

There is a slight difference:

Are you coming for tea? asks whether you are coming to my house at tea time to have tea with us or whether in fact you are coming for dinner/lunch/breakfast.

Are you coming to tea? asks whether you are coming to have tea with us now because it is now ready.

Alan
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