A menu can be literal (as when dining in a restaurant), virtual (as when making a bank withdrawal at a cash machine), or figurative (as when considering any list of options). In some cases, on is well-understood but not in, and in other cases both are suitable. Where are you seeing them used interchangeably?

May 31, 2018 · I believe 'can' is more appropriate in a restaurant. Firstly it is quite possible that you cannot have something that is on the menu because it is no longer available. Asking if you 'can' have the swordfish is valid because the answer may be no. Secondly using 'may' implies you are asking for permission which I don't think is appropriate in a restaurant. If a waiter told you …

Jun 27, 2015 · +1, I like that this is the first answer to address the multiple Unicode code points involved. However, I think you might mention that regardless of the characters' names or official prescriptions for use, the less-than and greater-than signs are commonly used as a type of brackets, probably because they can easily be typed and their display is more widely …

Apr 21, 2016 · Menu A list of the dishes to be served or available for a meal. The dishes served or available at a meal. a list of dishes served at a meal or that can be ordered in a restaurant Worth noting from earlier comments: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner are called Meals. Non-meal light food consumption is generally called Snacks even if you're eating something that would normally be …

I have observed that in my work place, whenever a mail is sent to more than one person ( like an information, meeting request or a notice etc.), the mail starts with the salutation "Dear All". This, somehow, doesn't seem correct to me. For me, a salutation should address the reader individually, at least in its singular form, as in "Dear Colleagues". Am I correct in thinking that?

Jun 26, 2019 · Morning everyone! Translating a Spanish restaurant menu into English, I found myself doubting whether to capitalize sauce names. Some examples are romesco and Sriracha. Not being familiar with th...

In American English, in a restaurant context, "check" is more common than "bill"; if your server is across the room and you want to discreetly signal for the check (without shouting across the restaurant), you can make a (check mark) gesture in the air with your index finger. I can't guarantee it will be universally understood, but it has very wide acceptance in American …

Apr 24, 2011 · There's actually quite a bit of variation in different regions of the US. As I said, it's quite common to hear Dinner as the noontime meal in many areas of the American South. I've noticed that there's even a split in Texas where some regions use Lunch/Dinner and others use Dinner/Supper. These differences have tended to mix up and get confused as people from …

Is there a common abbreviation for "with or without"? e.g. w/wo or w/w/o Obviously, something this complex is best written in full form, but I'm looking for something to use in space constrained applications. For example, I use a product management system that limits the length of product feature titles, and I'd like to convey in the title that this feature could be used with or without ...

It's just that the "selection pool" relevant to a specific usage of to choose can be optionally specified. And if it is specified, it's linked with a preposition such as from. Thus, "I chose from the menu" is valid. A direct object that can also be specified, as in "I chose lobster from the menu", or just "I chose lobster".