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I had a hamburg which was served with a generous helping of French fries.

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[+2] - oristarA - 10/14/2009 Some people would feel dizzy and fatigue after having eaten McDonalds's hamburger.
[+1] - Region Philbis - 09/24/2008[img]http://www.worldchanging.com/1172940531_fc68a109c6.jpg[/img] :)
[+1] - Region Philbis - 09/24/2008also, it's spelled "hamburg[color=#FF0000][b]er[/b][/color]"...
[+1] - Robert Gentel - 09/24/2008[quote="grace-g"] I had a hamburg which was served with a generous helping of French fries. [/quote] My guess is that you are stuck on "a generous helping of" and that is...
[+1] - Merry Andrew - 09/26/2008Hamburger lives somewhere in Ontario, don't he? And it's "Freedom fries" now, not "French fries." I think Congress passed a law about that before the Pelosi bunch took over.
[+1] - generaljin - 10/14/2008what's the meaning of a generous helping of, is that the meaning of : a lot of help of, is it correct?
[+1] - Robert Gentel - 10/14/2008No, in this context a "helping" is a "serving" so it references the amount of fries served.
[+1] - regkipling - 04/09/2009A Hamburger is a resident of Hamburg. A generous helping implies assistance. Fries may not be healthy assistance. Even so, looking at the picture makes me hungry. A pavlovian response perhaps. :-)...
[+1] - aidan - 10/14/2009Some people will feel [b]dizziness[/b] and fatigue after having eaten[b] a [/b]McDonald's hamburger. :lol: :lol: I myself feel 'unbearably weighted down and impure...' :lol: (that's a joke)
[+1] - Mame - 10/15/2009[quote="generaljin"] what's the meaning of a generous helping of, is that the meaning of : a lot of help of, is it correct? [/quote] With respect to food, a "helping" is a...

@grace-g,

http://www.worldchanging.com/1172940531_fc68a109c6.jpg

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@grace-g,

also, it's spelled "hamburger"...

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@grace-g,

grace-g wrote:

I had a hamburg which was served with a generous helping of French fries.

My guess is that you are stuck on "a generous helping of" and that is basically saying "a large amount of". Here's a rewrite:

I ate a hamburger. The hamburger came with a lot of french fries.

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@Robert Gentel,

Hamburger lives somewhere in Ontario, don't he? And it's "Freedom fries" now, not "French fries." I think Congress passed a law about that before the Pelosi bunch took over.

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@grace-g,

what's the meaning of a generous helping of, is that the meaning of : a lot of help of, is it correct?

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@generaljin,

No, in this context a "helping" is a "serving" so it references the amount of fries served.

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@Region Philbis,

A Hamburger is a resident of Hamburg. A generous helping implies assistance. Fries may not be healthy assistance. Even so, looking at the picture makes me hungry. A pavlovian response perhaps. :-)

Best wishes.

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Some people would feel dizzy and fatigue after having eaten McDonalds's hamburger.

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@oristarA,

Some people will feel dizziness and fatigue after having eaten a McDonald's hamburger. Laughing

I myself feel 'unbearably weighted down and impure...' Laughing

(that's a joke)

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@generaljin,

generaljin wrote:

what's the meaning of a generous helping of, is that the meaning of : a lot of help of, is it correct?

With respect to food, a "helping" is a portion, an amount, so in this context, you'd be given a generous portion of fries. A goodly amount of fries. "Helping" in your sentence has nothing to do with assistance. They are two different meanings of the same word.

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@aidan,

Or:
Some people will feel dizzy and exhausted after having eaten a McDonald's hamburger?

what's the meaning of the sentence?

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