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    Default ROUND for dinner

    Hi guys!

    Another sentence to you help me:
    "... have people round for dinner."

    Is it necessary put "round" in this sentence? Why?
    If I wrote without "round", it would not be right?

    Thanks a lot again!
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    Default Re: ROUND for dinner

    Quote Originally Posted by emogen View Post
    "... have people round for dinner."

    Is it necessary put "round" in this sentence? No
    If I wrote it without "round", it wouldn't it not be right? It would be fine.
    Before anybody else mentions it, 'have people for dinner' could suggest that you are a cannibal, but only if you are, like me, someone who indulges in pedantic, somewhat pathetic, humour.
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