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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 "Go to lunch" or " Go for lunch"? #176761 05/09/08 11:56 AM 05/09/08 11:56 AM Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 91 C callithump OP journeyman callithump   OP journeyman C Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 91 When it comes to lunch time, what should I say to the people around me to ask them to have lunch together: "Let's go to lunch" or "Let's go for lunch"? My first thought is the former. But I also see some using the latter. Is the latter right too? Or grammtically right but not very usually used? Do inform me if you see any corrections needed in my written English. Re: "Go to lunch" or " Go for lunch"? [Re: callithump] #176763 05/09/08 12:12 PM 05/09/08 12:12 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont either works for me, though it's breakfast time for me. :¬ ) I have heard, and use both, probably fairly equally. formerly known as etaoin... Re: "Go to lunch" or " Go for lunch"? [Re: callithump] #176764 05/09/08 01:19 PM 05/09/08 01:19 PM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook   old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania And this matters, why? Either. Anything but "let's do lunch" sounds fine to me. Re: "Go to lunch" or "Go to "for lunch" [Re: The Pook] #176768 05/09/08 01:32 PM 05/09/08 01:32 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Kevin Kline (Otto) smiling to angel fish called Wanda : "Hello lunch". Re: "Go to lunch" or "Go to "for lunch" [Re: BranShea] #176773 05/09/08 03:24 PM 05/09/08 03:24 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA D dalehileman Pooh-Bah dalehileman   Pooh-Bah D Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA One may also catch or grab a bite dalehileman Re: "Go to lunch" or "Go to "for lunch" [Re: dalehileman] #176779 05/09/08 08:03 PM 05/09/08 08:03 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Z Zed Pooh-Bah Zed   Pooh-Bah Z Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada To me let's go to lunch feels more formal and implies that the food is prepared and waiting. For lunch is looser, merely meaning that it is the middle of the day and I want food whether I plan to buy it, make it or open my lunch box. Re: "Go to lunch" or "Go to "for lunch" [Re: Zed] #176787 05/09/08 10:29 PM 05/09/08 10:29 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I'd say "go to lunch" implied that the whole group was going out to eat lunch. "Go for lunch" would also have the possibility that one person was going to go out and pick up lunch, bringing it back for everyone to eat. Re: "Go to lunch" or "Go to "for lunch" [Re: Faldage] #176793 05/10/08 02:10 AM 05/10/08 02:10 AM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook   old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania Other possibilities would include "let's have lunch" or "time for lunch" or just "lunchtime!" Re: "Go to lunch" or "Go to "for lunch" [Re: The Pook] #176806 05/10/08 04:13 AM 05/10/08 04:13 AM Joined: May 2008 Posts: 6 S Steffani stranger Steffani   stranger S Joined: May 2008 Posts: 6 My colleagues and I would usually go to lunch together. Sometimes we would eat in, and one of us would go for lunch. Other times we would all bring our lunch from home. On those occasions we would sit around the conference table and discuss what we were having for lunch. On particularly harrowing days, lunchtime would arrive not a moment too soon, and someone would announce "Lunch" at the stroke of noon leading to a race for the door. Maybe they thought we said "Lunge!" Re: "Go to lunch" or "Go to "for lunch" [Re: Steffani] #176813 05/10/08 05:08 PM 05/10/08 05:08 PM Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX M Myridon addict Myridon   addict M Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX As Steffani implies, at work, I can use the word "lunch" to mean either the midday break time or a meal or both. "To lunch", IMO, implies taking the break with the possibility of having the meal while "for lunch" implies having the meal. To take the break for the reason of a meal, perhaps? 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