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is this a correct sentence:
I'll eat you food.
wat could be the other ways to say this.
 

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No, "I'll eat your food" is correct.

I was asking in the sense that what would we say if we are going to make someone eat the food.
Like:
I'll buy you the clothes.
I'll make you a coffee.
 

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I was asking in the sense that what would we say if we are going to make someone eat the food.
Like:
I'll buy you the clothes. = I'll buy the clothes for you.
I'll make you a coffee. = I'll make a coffee for you.
You can hardly eat someone's food for them.
If you want to make someone eat their food, just say, "Eat your food".
 

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You can hardly eat someone's food for them.
If you want to make someone eat their food, just say, "Eat your food".

This is what I want to ask:
If we are going to get food for someone to eat then what should we say?
 

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This is what I want to ask:
If we are going to get food for someone to eat then what should we say?
I'll get/fetch/make/prepare/buy you something to eat.
 

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I am not a teacher.

I'll feed you.
 

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Is this also correct?
'I'll get you eat something' or 'I'll get you eat'.
 

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I'll get you something to eat. Something here is filling in for the exact type of food - I'll get you eggs to eat. You've turned the words around so that they have a different meaning. The way I would attempt to understand your sentence is, "I'll get you to eat something." - or, I'll force you to eat something.

OK, so if we are going to treat someone to burger then shall we say that:
I'll get you burger to eat.
 

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OK, so if we are going to treat someone to burger then shall we say that:
I'll get you burger to eat.

I'll get you a burger (to eat). to eat is kinda redundant - what would you do with a buger if not eat it?
I'll get you to eat a burger. would sound like a bad movie character talking to a kid who doesn't want to it one.
 

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So give me the final correct sentence, would it be just-'I'll get you a burger'.
 

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I wanted to sound cool. ;-)
OK; however, as you know, we encourage people to try to use standard English in this forum.
 
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