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Is the following sentence correct and natural?

Do you want to takeaway or eat here?
 

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Is the following sentence correct and natural?

Do you want to [STRIKE]takeaway[/STRIKE] take away or eat here?

See above. "Takeaway" is a noun. You need two words for the verb. You can use the noun in things like "Shall we get a takeaway?" (BrE)
 

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Is the following sentence correct and natural?

Do you want to takeaway or eat here?
No. Better: Do you want take-out, or do you want to eat here?

In the US, we use take-out or takeout. It's always a noun.

Another noun is takeaway, meaning main lesson. It has nothing to do with food.
 

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I think "take-out" is not in BrE.
 
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Yes, it is.

We also say 'Is that to-go or for here?' which started off in the USA but is increasingly heard in the UK,
 

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I think "take-out" is not used in BrE.

That would be more natural as "I don't think 'take-out' is used in BrE".
 

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We also say 'Is that to go or for here?' which started off in the USA but is increasingly heard in the UK,
But we Americans don't hyphenate the phrase unless it's a compound adjective.
 

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I think "take-out" is not in BrE.

It is, but I think it's been imported from the US. I don't remember hearing it when I was young.
 

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See above. "Takeaway" is a noun. You need two words for the verb. You can use the noun in things like "Shall we get a takeaway?" (BrE)

Do you want takeaway or eat here? Is it okay?
 

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"Do you want takeaway or to eat here?" Is it okay?
No. "Takeaway" is a noun. "To eat here" is a verb phrase. They don't work together.

Always put text you're asking about in quotation marks.
 

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Or you could write:
Do you want to take away or eat here?
 
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