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Latest post Thu, Mar 20 2008 12:38 PM by Marius Hancu. 2 replies.
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Vincent Teo  +  490973 Thu, 20 Mar 08 10:17 AM

Can I say,

(a) The waitress served a delicious noodles for / to John.

(b) The waitress served John a delicious noodles.
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Annvan  +  490986 Thu, 20 Mar 08 11:20 AM
I think (b) would be best without "a": "The waitress served John delicious noodles."
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Marius Hancu  +  491025 Thu, 20 Mar 08 12:38 PM
Annvan is right:

The waitress served John (some) delicious noodles.

If you really want to keep the  a, you need:

served John a portion/bowl of delicious noodles 
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