"Do you like to eat, or you like to drink coffee?"

[Odessa Dawn]

"Do you like to eat, or you like to drink coffee?"


I am not satisfied with this sentence since the pronoun you is repeated in the second part and from my point of view it needs to be taken out.

I would say- do you like to eat or to drink coffee?
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Which one is better, please?

 

[euncu]

***Neither a teacher nor a native-speaker***

Hello Odessa,

Is the speaker offering something or just curious about what the listener likes?

In case of an offer, use "would" instead of "do"

 

[Odessa Dawn]

***Neither a teacher nor a native-speaker***

Hello Odessa,

Is the speaker offering something or just curious about what the listener likes?

In case of an offer, use "would" instead of "do"

Grateful!

Neither. A Professor of Linguistics wrote that sentence on the board in the classroom while we were discussing compound and complex sentences.
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[Rover_KE]

It's a very odd sentence. However it's phrased, the two options are not mutually exclusive. You may want to do both.

'Would you like to eat or drink coffee?'

'Do you like to eat when you get up or do you prefer to drink coffee?'

 

[SoothingDave]

"Do you like to eat, or you like to drink coffee?"


I am not satisfied with this sentence since the pronoun you is repeated in the second part and from my point of view it needs to be taken out.

I would say- do you like to eat or to drink coffee?
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Which one is better, please?

It seems to suggest that one option is to eat coffee.

 

[MikeNewYork]

It seems to suggest that one option is to eat coffee.

It reminds me of the old example of poor question construction: "Do you walk to work or do you bring your lunch?"

 

[Tdol]

However, it is the kind of thing we use in speech.