I want to go with the lemon sole

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Hi.
I've heard that was spoken by a man having dinner at restaurant:
I want to go with the lemon sole.

1. What is the meaning of go in that context? Is it like start?
2. A word lemon sole was mentioned twice in the conversation but the waiter didn't heard that, and that's why I think the Undefinite Article should be used instead. Am I correct?

I would be grateful if you dear teachers would highlight my mistakes in the post.

Thank you, for yor reply.
 

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Hi.
I've heard that was spoken by a man having dinner at restaurant:
I want to go with the lemon sole.

1. What is the meaning of go in that context? Is it like start?
2. A word lemon sole was mentioned twice in the conversation but the waiter didn't heard that, and that's why I think the Undefinite Article should be used instead. Am I correct?

I would be grateful if you dear teachers would highlight my mistakes in the post.

Thank you, for yor reply.

♥♦♣♠ NOT A TEACHER ♥♦♣♠
go with = choose
lemon sole = lemon flavour sole (a kind of fish)
 

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♥♦♣♠ NOT A TEACHER ♥♦♣♠
go with = choose
lemon sole = lemon flavour sole (a kind of fish)

Good try, engee.

go with = choose :tick:

However:

Lemon sole is a misnomer since it's neither a real sole, nor does it taste of lemon. It's actually a flounder (the family that includes plaice and turbot). It has delicate, sweet white flesh and is best cooked simply, either grilled or fried, and served with a light sauce.
(BBC Food Ingredients Board)

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:up: But for your cited note, I would have never got to know that and had to live in ignorance of that fact.
 

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2. A word lemon sole was mentioned twice in the conversation but the waiter didn't heard that, and that's why I think the Undefinite Article should be used instead. Am I correct?

It doesn't matter if the waiter heard or not, the customer wants the lemon sole that is listed on the menu (specific), not just some random lemon sole.
 

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Hadn't he looked at the menu, would he have said I want to go with a/some lemon sole, right?
 

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Hadn't he looked at the menu, would he have said I want to go with a/some lemon sole, right?

He would have said

customer: Do you have sole (used here to refer to sole in general; zero article)
waiter: Yes we have delicious lemon sole.
customer: Great, I'll have the sole. (the sole you have)
 

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[STRIKE]Hadn't he[/STRIKE] looked at the menu, Had he not looked...

Contraction is not possible in this construction.
 

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He would have said

customer: Do you have any sole (used here to refer to sole in general; zero article)
waiter: Yes we have delicious lemon sole.
customer: Great, I'll have the sole. (the sole you have)

I think we can go like you said if sole is an uncountable noun, but then we need any before it. If sole is a countable noun we can't leave it without an article on the top line, can we?
Please, comment on that.

P.S. There's another issue: I'm not sure about the question part in the conditional sentence I used before. Is it right? Could you please judge.
Thank you.
 
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I think we can go like you said if sole is an uncountable noun, but then we need any before it. If sole is a countable noun we can't leave it without an article on the top line, can we?
Please, comment on that.

P.S. There's another issue: I'm not sure about the question part in the conditional sentence I used before. Is it right? Could you please judge.
Thank you.

You can use "any" there, but it's not required.

Sole here is an uncountable noun.

Sole: fish that lives in the sea < countable
Sole: fish that we eat as food < uncountable

Your sentence above looks good to me with fivejedjon's correction.
 
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