Everyday situations
Hi, there

I have two questions about everyday conversations. Could you help me?

1) At a fast-food restaurant, if you were ordering some fries, would you say “Can I have one fries”, “Can I get three fries” or “Can I have one ORDER of fries” and “Can I get three ORDERS of fries”?

2) At a clothing store, would you say “Don’t you have this shirt in (a) size SMALL” or “Don’t you have this shirt in (a) SMALL size”?

Thank you!!

Question

Everyday situations
Hi, there

I have two questions about everyday conversations. Could you help me?

1) At a fast-food restaurant, if you were ordering some fries, would you say “Can I have one fries”, “Can I get three fries” or “Can I have one ORDER of fries” and “Can I get three ORDERS of fries”?

2) At a clothing store, would you say “Don’t you have this shirt in (a) size SMALL” or “Don’t you have this shirt in (a) SMALL size”?

Thank you!!

Answer

1. Can I have some fries
     Can I have fries. The word fries is already a plural so no need to add numbers unless ou are ordering for more them one person 
2. Do you have this shirt in a small?  
When asking a question do is more appropriate

Answer

Typically we would say, "can I (or, May I) have a (small/medium/large) fry with that?"... or leave off the "can I/May I" altogether, just less-polite.  Or "1 medium fry, 2 large" (implies you're still talking about the same thing, Fries.
and we don't usually ask with "Don't you..", we would say, "Do you have this in a small (whatever size)?", or "is this the smallest size you have?"  Hope that helps.

Answer

Can I/May I have one order of fries please?
Do you have this shirt in a size small? (This is specific)
Do you have any smaller sizes available?

Answer

1)Can I get three ORDER of fries”?
 2) SMALL size”?

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