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Hi All..

Lets consider the following statements:
1. Will you have lunch with me?
2. Will you lunch with me?

In my opinion, version 2 is incorrect/slang. What are your views?

Thanks in advance.

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Of course i understand that the subject may be misleading since in version 1, "lunch" is not a verb i guess.

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What are your views?

They both seem fine to me. The first usage case is not a verb. Lunch has been a verb at least since at least 1913 and possibly earlier.


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I'm with Zm: they both seem fine to me.
WELCOME TUHIN


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I guess since you registered on the site in '05
I should say welcome back


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Today, several co-workers and I lunched in the conference room, ate chili dogs and watched the original Star Wars "A New Hope".

I love Fridays. Have a great weekend everyone!

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Must be nice to work where you work, "work" being the
imperative word.


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I used to work for the Postal Service. I watched Star Wars on my lunch break practically every day!

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When I worked at Sun Microsystems, we watched Office Space one elongated lunchtime, but it was okay because our manager showed it to use. (One of the PMs also brought a bottle of 12-year-old single malt Scotch to enliven the activity.) Alas, the next day it was back to work as usual.


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As a teacher could never watch Star Wars at any time.
However the eighth graders frequently resembled the
bar scene on Tatooine.


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