Sit at a table

[Rachel Adams]

Is "sit at a/the table unnatural in English?


"Friends get together during holidays and birthday parties and sit at a table."

Under "holiday" I mean Christmas, New Year's Day, etc.

 

[mrwroc]

Not a teacher

"sit at the table" is all right, you can also say "sit around the table", "sit round the table", but I am not a native.

 

[Rover_KE]

mrwroc,

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[emsr2d2]

Is "sit at a/the table" unnatural in English?

"Friends get together during holidays and birthday parties and sit at a table."

[STRIKE]Under[/STRIKE] By "holidays", I mean Christmas, New Year's Day, etc.

Please note my corrections above.

What made you think it was unnatural? I don't find the phrase particularly natural in this context. I assume you're talking about families and friends getting together to eat a celebratory meal. They don't just sit at a table and look at each other!

Not a teacher

"Sit at the table" is all right. You can also say "sit around the table" or "sit round the table", but bear in mind that I am not a native English speaker.

mrwroc, note my corrections above.

 

[Tdol]

Round/around works better for me with a group of friends.