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#2 (permalink) Sat Dec 24, 2005 12:51 pm To go order |
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Hi Ahmadov,
This means simply an order for food that you take with you and don't eat in the restaurant.
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#3 (permalink) Sat Dec 24, 2005 13:38 pm Coffee to go |
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| Alan has explained this one within minutes as he does so often. I'd like to add that especially with coffee to-go orders have become very popular. Go to a Starbucks or any other decent coffee shop and they all will have coffee to-go products. Incidently, I'm not so sure about the spelling. Is it coffee to go or coffee-to-go or coffee to-go? |
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#4 (permalink) Sat Dec 24, 2005 14:34 pm What does "to-go order" mean? |
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Surprisingly enough, "to-go order", which seemingly is an expression for something part of modern Western daily life, cannot be found in dictionaries like www.multitran.ru or cambridge online dictionary. (Please, correct my English if you find any mistakes in my sentences here and in future posts). _________________ Learning is a sacred engagement. |
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#5 (permalink) Sun Dec 25, 2005 10:44 am What does "to-go order" mean? |
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I think that is because it is usually used as an unhyphenated post-modifier, Ahmadov, and that is the way it appears in Dictionary.com and Webster's Online: coffee and doughnuts to go.
I myself find 'to-go order' a little unnatural-- although obviously it must be used-- and most fast food staff say:
Would you like that order for here or to go?
to which the response is:
I'd like that to go, please.
Needless to say, it is easy enough to convert a post-modifier into an attributive on an ad hoc basis, and we do it often enough in conversation. . _________________ Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's |
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#6 (permalink) Wed Apr 21, 2010 11:57 am What does "to-go order" mean? |
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Although its use is becoming more widespread, 'To go order' is not 'part of Western daily life' as was suggested, it is an part of American English. You will not therefore, find it in the Cambridge dictionary (yet).
The English for 'to-go' is more usually 'take away'.
I offer this simply to explain why it will not appear in an 'English' dictionary. |
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