For example:
"Would you like to eat a pizza and/or a hamburger"
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1Relate: english.stackexchange.com/q/30254– tchrist ♦Commented Jan 5, 2014 at 1:39
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1That is a strange offer, asking if someone would like to eat a pizza and a hamburger. I suppose it is possible... but I think a more plausible offer/invite/ is needed here, e.g "Have dessert and/or a coffee". Here you have three options: a) only dessert b) dessert and coffee c) only coffee.– Mari-Lou ACommented Jan 5, 2014 at 7:49
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@Susan If there was, we are on an English language Q&A!– KrisCommented Jan 5, 2014 at 7:50
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1@Kris obviously a typo, happens to the best of us.– Mari-Lou ACommented Jan 5, 2014 at 7:53
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@Mari-LouA Not a typo. Many do the switch.– KrisCommented Jan 5, 2014 at 8:04
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You have two good choices. If you're speaking, you can make the "or" likely to be understood as inclusive by speaking it weakly, almost running "pizza or hamburger" together. Alternatively, you can add "or both" on the end.
answered Jan 5, 2014 at 2:56
