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Dine-in or Take-out
This is the Patel family. The Patel family likes to do a lot of things together, and last night they went out to eat.
They were looking at their options online because they had to decide whether they wanted to “dine in” at a restaurant, or get “take out.”
Both dine-in and take-out have good food, and both have expert chefs cooking the food that they want.
And in both dine-in and take-out, each member of the Patel family could decide what they wanted to eat.
So the Patel family had to make a decision about where to eat. Restaurants are a nice place to eat because they are different than home, and there is a waiter who serves them there.
If they want something, all they have to do is ask. And when they are finished, they don’t have to clean up. The waiter cleans when they they finish their food.
But take-out is nice too. With take-out, the Patel family could eat wherever they wanted.
If they got take-out, they could go to the park to eat outside. The weather was really nice, so it may have been a good option.
Or they could eat at home at their dinner table. So, what did the Patel family want? Did they want to dine-in at a restaurant, or did they want to get take-out?
But after a lot of discussion, they made a decision: they decided to go out to dinner. They “dined in” at a restaurant last night.
They got ready and put their shoes on. Everyone was excited because they don’t go out to dinner often.
But there was one thing they didn’t think about when deciding to go out to dinner in the city: traffic.
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