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&lt;font color=red&gt;DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here.  Post them in our &lt;a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>XMOD (Build: 3616.28671)</generator><item><title>Re: serves for / to</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/ServesForTo/vjdwk/post.htm#379666</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:57:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:379666</guid><dc:creator>Goodman</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/ServesForTo/vjdwk/post.htm#379666</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-379666.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Marius Hancu wrote:    (b) She serves the food dinner.  Means the food gets a dinner.   (e) She serves us for dinner .  Means we are the food (probably served to some canibals)  Keep reading.      
 That's the kind of problem I was trying to point out toVincent.....</description></item><item><title>Re: serves for / to</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/ServesForTo/vjdwk/post.htm#379649</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:57:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:379649</guid><dc:creator>Marius Hancu</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/ServesForTo/vjdwk/post.htm#379649</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-379649.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>(b) She serves the food dinner. 
 
 Means the food gets a dinner.  
 
 
(e) She serves us for dinner . 
 
 Means we are the food (probably served to some canibals)  
 
Keep reading.</description></item><item><title>Re: serves for / to</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/ServesForTo/vjdwk/post.htm#379616</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 04:57:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:379616</guid><dc:creator>CalifJim</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/ServesForTo/vjdwk/post.htm#379616</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-379616.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Person-1 serves  (person-2)   
 
My mother serves  her son  the fish . 
My mother serves  us  meat and vegetables for dinner . 
My mother serves  the children  breakfast . 

My mother serves the fish . 

My mother serves meat and vegetables for dinner . 

My mother serves breakfast . 
 
(a) No. (b)(1) Yes. / (2) No. (c) Yes. (d) Yes. (e)(1) Yes. / (2) No. 
 
CJ</description></item><item><title>serves for / to</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/ServesForTo/vjdwk/post.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:57:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:379314</guid><dc:creator>Vincent Teo</dc:creator><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/ServesForTo/vjdwk/post.htm</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-379314.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>(a) My mother serves for daughter dinner. 
 (b) She serves the food for dinner / She serves the food dinner. 
 (c) She serves some meat and vegetables for dinner. 
 (d) She serves my friends two dishes. 
 (e) She serves us the dinner / for dinner.</description></item></channel></rss>