為什麼eating breakfast是錯誤的？

有幸答第 3 次。
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問題1︰為什麼有人說eating breakfast 是錯誤的，一定要用having breakfast？

1。 相信問那題和答那題的人最清楚。我只知 eating breakfast 無錯，所以便指出來，加上網上引證，奈何問的人不信。猜測：她做練習或測驗錯了，不明白，連她老師也 eating breakfast 說是錯誤的，一定要用having breakfast。

問題2︰是牛津字典出錯了嗎？

2。我就是第一次衰無引用牛津字典和其他較權威的，邊個敢話牛津字典錯？
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上次回答有網友說 HAVE 可能是英式， EAT 是美式。我就此在網上求證。下面是我就這題在一個外國語言網求證，答我的是活生生的英國人。

I normally say "I like to have breakfast". It is probably a personal preference. There is no difference in meaning.

We Brits say to eat breakfast as well as to have breakfast.


The question is perhaps more complicated than first appears.
Whether I eat breakfast or have breakfast or take breakfast depends on the context. 即是話用 EAT 或 HAVE 是看用法，不是英美或修辭分別。上次有網友說修辭學上用 EAT 不好，遇一知半解的老師，改卷員，穩陣見，我也會建議你用 HAVE。


* "eat breakfast" ~ 1 090 000 matches
* "have breakfast" ~ 1 120 000 matches

14,000 for "I eat breakfast
16,700 for "I have breakfast
10 for "I take breakfast

2,670 for "I ate breakfast
998 for "I had breakfast
95 for "I took breakfast

18,100 for "you eat breakfast
303,000 for "you have breakfast
4,030 for "you take breakfast

360 for "you ate breakfast
787 for "you had breakfast
2 for "you took breakfast

24,100 for "we eat breakfast
243,000 for "we have breakfast
87 for "we take breakfast

835 for "we ate breakfast
27,900 for "we had breakfast
252 for "we took breakfast

下面是權威 BBC 的搜尋結果。
Results from All of the BBCPage 1 of 359 pages for eat breakfast

還有 YOUTUBE 的片，留意，那是英國片段，還有其他英美各地片段。

Video results for 'eat breakfast' Results 1-20 of about 1,060 (0.39 s)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDXZI2Po_qc

今次又發現上面有位網友懷疑 EAT BREAKFAST 要跟 POSSESSIVE ADJ 如 HIS。這個我在網上看過人問，答案是否定的。下面是引證。


>> I mean is there no need of adding "my" before the "breakfast" in connection with the verb eat? No need, unless there is a chance you're eating someone else's breakfast.
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最後，看看我第一次回答的搜尋結果。

http://hk.knowledge.yahoo.com/question/?qid=7007032403709&others=1



最後，點解香港 D 人會話用 EAT BREAKFAST 錯？我地 97 年前都是英國管，學的多以英式英文為準。英國人愛用 HAVE 多過 EAT，雖然也有不少英國人用 EAT。香港人聽得多 HAVE， 便以為 EAT 不對，甚至以為是中式英文，該煨。
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愚見：學英文要不斷求證，不要單信一，兩個老師和一兩本書，字典，練習。我從不信練習，坊間的英文練習 10 本 8 本錯，特別是非英文為母語人士寫的。

It's true that both 'eat' and 'have' are correct BUT I wouldn't use search engine results to support the answer - they show nothing with regards to the actual question.

原本答案好地地, 但之後用搜尋結果引証完全是錯誤方法, 實在是一大敗筆. 正如原身條錯誤知識都會係一個搜尋結果, 搜尋結果只能証明那些字句出現的次數, 不能引申為字句是否正確.

過猶不及. 負評.

翻看Oxford's Practical English Usage, 是這樣說:

有些情形下,have可以被eat或drink取代,這些用語常用的有:
to have breadkfast/lunch/tea/dinner/a meal/ a drink/ coffee/ a beer/ a glass of wine

以我理解,即係 have breakfast是常用語, 而 eat breakfast也沒錯。

你是對的，其實可以用eat one's breakfast
若你查yahoo字典，也可查到這個例句








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vt.
1. 吃;喝
He ate his breakfast quickly.
他匆匆地吃了早餐。
2. 腐蝕(金屬等);蛀;耗完;毀壞[O]
The sea had eaten away much of the shore.
海水浸蝕了大片海岸。
3. 【口】使煩惱;使不安
Could you tell me what is eating her?
你能告訴我她為什麼煩惱嗎?
vi.
1. 進食;用膳
Where shall we eat today?
今天我們去哪裡吃飯?
2. 腐蝕;侵蝕;損耗;毀壞[Q]
The acid has eaten through the metal cover.
酸已把金屬蓋子蝕穿了。

所以，你的答案是對的；只不過可能之前的問題，以有導向性，故使每個人都以為breakfast一定要跟have或take；由此告訴我們，為學必須要多方考察

首先我不肯定我的解答 , 純粹交流 ,

我看到牛津字典的這句 :
He hasn' t eaten much breakfast .
可能這裡的 eat 是不及物動詞 , 即 :
He hasn' t eaten much . ( 句子是完整的 )
後面的 breakfast 是修飾 eat , 表示於早餐這個時段 .

我亦看到一句 :
He ate his breakfast quickly .
這裡的 eat 是及物動詞 , his breakfast 是受詞 ,

如果要 eat + ( object ) 的句式 , 可能要在 breakfast 前面加上限定詞 , 如 his 等 .

2007-04-06 17:29:35 補充：
我覺得理解這類問題 ,從動詞的屬性解釋 , 句子結構 ,比起從中文解釋較容易得到合理的結果 ,

2007-04-06 17:46:00 補充：
1 ) 為什麼有人說eating breakfast 是錯誤的，一定要用having breakfast？用作動詞的受詞 , 我會說 : having breakfast , 或 eating my breakfast ,2 ) 是牛津字典出錯了嗎？冇錯 ,He hasn' t eaten much ( breakfast ) .類似結構 :He hasn' t eaten much ( today ) .

Eating breakfast 其實是所謂中文式直譯英語 (Chinese English), 不合乎英文正宗文法. Eat 後面應加上食物, 並非膳食. 例如, eat an apple, eat vegetables. 進食早餐應譯作:
Have/has breakfast. 午餐(Lunch), 晚餐(Dinner)亦應如此.

簡單例句:
你吃過早餐/午餐/晚餐嗎?

Have you had breakfast/lunch/dinner?

breakfast 唔係一種食物名稱