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Ordering food in restaurants can be tough when it comes to choosing the right articles. When I study dialogues in restaurants in different textbooks I get really confused and I have no idea what rules I should follow. Let's consider the following examples:
1 salad/pizza
I'd like a salad/a pizza.
I'd like the salad/the pizza.
I'd like salad/pizza.
2 drinks
I'd like a milkshake.
I'd like the milkshake.
I'd like the strawberry milkshake.
I'd like milkshake.
3 other dishes with countable nouns
I'd like fish and chips.
I'd like the fish and chips.
and one more case not necessarily related to articles:
4 when ordering more than one piece of sth
Two mineral water.
Two mineral waters.
Two fishes with chips.
Two fish with chips.
Thanks for replies and explanations.
1 salad/pizza
I'd like a salad/a pizza.
I'd like the salad/the pizza.
I'd like salad/pizza.
2 drinks
I'd like a milkshake.
I'd like the milkshake.
I'd like the strawberry milkshake.
I'd like milkshake.
3 other dishes with countable nouns
I'd like fish and chips.
I'd like the fish and chips.
and one more case not necessarily related to articles:
4 when ordering more than one piece of sth
Two mineral water.
Two mineral waters.
Two fishes with chips.
Two fish with chips.
Thanks for replies and explanations.