Posted by rfvv on Thursday, December 16, 2010 at 3:21am.


{At a restaursant}
For hear or to go?
Is this for here or to go?
It's for here, please.
It is to go, please.

(Are the expressions above all grammatical? What is the meaning of 'is to' in 'It is to go, please.'?
Does it mean 'must'? That is, "It (the food) must go, please." Am I right? Would you let me know the meaning of 'It is to go, please.'?)

English - drwls, Thursday, December 16, 2010 at 3:46am
It is all grammatically OK, but "hear" in the first line should be "here".

"To go" is in this case being used as an descriptive adjective phrase, not ans an unconjugated verb. It means that the purchased "food to go" will be taken out and not eaten in the place where it was purchased. The alternative is to eat the food "here".

The last two lines are contradictory alternative answers. The "please" is a nice touch but would usually be omitted in America, since the person buying the food is really just answering a question.
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Thank you for your help.

{At a restaursant}
For hear or to go?
Is this for here or to go?
It's for here, please.
It is to go, please.

1. It is to go.
2. The food must go.

(Does #1 mean #2? What does 'it' mean?)

{At a restaursant}

For here or to go?
Is this for here or to go?
It's for here, please.
It is to go, please.

1. It is to go.
2. The food must go.

(Does #1 mean #2? What does 'it' mean?)

No, #2 is not right. Just use #1. That's all you need!!

PS -- "it" is referring to the order of food.

No, #1 and #2 do not have the same meaning. In the context of ordering food at a restaurant, "It is to go" means that the food will be packaged for take-out or to be eaten elsewhere, while "The food must go" does not accurately convey the same meaning.

In line 1, "it" is a pronoun that refers to the food that is being ordered. So when someone says "It is to go," they are saying that the food they are ordering is for take-out or to be consumed outside of the restaurant.

To clarify, "It is to go, please" is a common way to request that the food be prepared for take-out or to be packaged for consumption outside of the restaurant. It is polite to add "please" at the end of the sentence to convey politeness or a polite manner of making the request.

I hope this clears things up! Let me know if you have any further questions.