I had eggs in the breakfast. But I wanted sausages.
Can I say, "I would have preferred a sausage"?
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3Note that you have eggs "for" breakfast, not "in the" breakfast.– RobustoMar 1, 2018 at 18:23
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2Or eggs "at breakfast", but not "in the" breakfast.– stangdonMar 1, 2018 at 18:35
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Robusto, you are right. Aren't we missing "the", "for the breakfast".– user678 9Mar 1, 2018 at 18:47
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2There is no missing "the" – the idiomatic way to say it is "for breakfast".– J.R. ♦Mar 1, 2018 at 21:01
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Yes. That's exactly how I would say it.
Maybe just sausage rather than a sausage, but that depends on the type of sausage and how much you were having.
