Re: Dining Out, What Are Your Peeves?
I would assume your preference would be for the marriage to precede the children.
It was a "joke," as they say.
If you tell a server that you'll be having wine with your meal, it is assumed that they should be simultaneous. If you tell the server that you'll be ordering dessert with your meal, it is commonly assumed that the dessert will come after the main course, not to the table at the same time. The use of "with" is not as restrictive as you suggested.
Originally posted by MadAzza
It was a "joke," as they say.
If you tell a server that you'll be having wine with your meal, it is assumed that they should be simultaneous. If you tell the server that you'll be ordering dessert with your meal, it is commonly assumed that the dessert will come after the main course, not to the table at the same time. The use of "with" is not as restrictive as you suggested.
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