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 #2 (permalink) Mon Sep 21, 2009 18:01 pm cater for vs cook for |
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| "To cater for someone's taste" is a fixed expression. "To cater for" means both "to provide meals for" and "to provide with what is desired ": that is why it is so right for this expression. I guess you could say "to cook for everyone's tastes"; it would not actually be incorrect, but it would sound as though you were deliberately avoiding the expression that comes to mind as the most natural one. I think this exercise is forcing you to choose the most idiomatic answer. |
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| #3 (permalink) Mon Sep 21, 2009 20:37 pm cater for vs cook for |
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Thank you. And how about this sentence.
My mother is the best. She tries to cater/cook for everyone's tastes in the family.
thank you in advance. |
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| #4 (permalink) Tue Sep 22, 2009 1:37 am cater for vs cook for |
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| In general, you cook for someone, not for something. That's why "cook for ... tastes" is odd. For the same reasons as above, "cater for" is much better here. |
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| #5 (permalink) Tue Sep 22, 2009 2:39 am cater for vs cook for |
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| Cerberus™ wrote: |
| In general, you cook for someone, not for something. |
Should I cook something for the party?
Besides, I think that "to cater for" and to cater to" have slightly different meanings.
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| #6 (permalink) Tue Sep 22, 2009 3:31 am cater for vs cook for |
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| Milanya wrote: |
| Cerberus™ wrote: |
| In general, you cook for someone, not for something. |
Should I cook something for the party?
Besides, I think that "to cater for" and to cater to" have slightly different meanings. |
You could say that "the party" comprises people? With metaphors or metonymia, I guess anything's possible...
I'd say "to cater to" is usually not used with actual food in mind? |
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