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ESL forum > Grammar and Linguistics > I ´ll have cereals withstrawberries or I ´ll have some cerals with some strawberries...    

I ´ll have cereals withstrawberries or I ´ll have some cerals with some strawberries...



angela#anaconda
France

I ´ll have cereals withstrawberries or I ´ll have some cerals with some strawberries...
 
Hey there!
 
 
I ´ve always wondered what the difference was between:
I ´d like "a bowl of cereal with strawberries" and  I ´d 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      





chalco
France

Hi
I can see you are Enjoy ´ing (B2S1 isnt it?)!!!Wink As far as I ´m concerned, I don ´t think there is much difference between the two except that in the question, if you use "some" then you pre-suppose the cereal you ´re asking for are actually present in the situation.

15 Nov 2009     



alien boy
Japan

Well, usually they ´re pretty much interchangeable. The only real difference would relate to the quantity of strawberries that may be with the cereal in question. Using ´some ´ often indicates a smaller (but unspecified) amount whereas just ´with strawberries ´ may well indicate that there are a lot more strawberries with that particular bowl of cereal!

Cheers,
AB

15 Nov 2009     



Zora
Canada

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,
 

16 Nov 2009     



jsanchez@kusd.edu
United States

I agree with Zora.

17 Nov 2009