I ate the food now which was made in the morning.

[payal desai]

I ate the food now which was made in the morning.
Can we write it as:
1.I ate the food now which has been made since morning.
2. I ate the food now which was made since morning.
Please explain me the mistakes.

 

[Rover_KE]

The past tense 'ate' and the word 'now' don't go well together, and you don't make food.

'I am eating the sandwiches (which/that) I made this morning.'

'I ate the salad (which/that) I prepared this morning.'

I have put 'which/that' in brackets because they are optional. I would not use them.

 

[emsr2d2]

I agree entirely about "ate" and "now". However, "make" and "food" go perfectly well together for me (BrE).

When are we making the food for the picnic?
I've started making the food for the gala dinner.
I made this food this morning but I didn't eat it till 10pm.
I made sandwiches.
Are you making a lasagna?
Are you sure they'll eat all the food you've made?

 

[payal desai]

Thanx.
Yes they will eat all the food. My main confusion here was with the usage of since whether I have used it in the correct way or not. Can we use here 'since' and how can we form the sentence with its help?

 

[emsr2d2]

[strike]Thanx.[/strike] Thanks.
Yes they will eat all the food. My main confusion here was with the usage of "since" and whether I have used it in the correct way or not. Can we use [strike]here[/strike] 'since' here and how can we form the sentence with its help?

My question about them eating all the food was not a question directed at you, it was an example of how to use "make" and "food" together!

I can't make a grammatical sentence for your context involving the word "since".

The food was made this morning. I am eating it later in the day.

Those facts together do not lead to a reasonable sentence involving the word "since". I could make a very convoluted one with something like "It is 2pm and it's 6 hours since this food was made. I am only just getting round to eating it now". The reader/listener would have to work out that the food was made in the morning purely from the information that the food was made six hours before 2pm (ie 8am).

 

[payal desai]

Thanks for the reply. It means the sentences made by me here were all incorrect.

 

[emsr2d2]

Thanks for the reply. It means the sentences made by me here were all incorrect.

Yes, both of your revised sentences were incorrect and so was the original sentence "I ate the food now which was made in the morning".

 

[bigC]

Thanx.
Yes they will eat all the food. My main confusion here was with the usage of since whether I have used it in the correct way or not. Can we use here 'since' and how can we form the sentence with its help?

I AM NOT A TEACHER

"I have been eating the food since it was made this morning"

The meaning is unreasonable.

Is it correct in grammar?

 

[5jj]

"I have been eating the food since it was made this morning"

The meaning is unreasonable.

Is it correct in grammar?

"I have been eating the food (ever) since it was made this morning" is a possible English sentence, though I'd probably use 'prepared/cooked' rather than 'made'.

 

[payal desai]

If ate and now cannot be used together then how can we mention if one has to say that he ate the food at the present time? Do we have to say "I ate the food just now"?

 

[5jj]

Ihow can we mention if one has to say that he ate the food at the present time?

You can't use the words I underlined. Why would you want to use a past tense with a present-time situation?

 

[payal desai]

Then please tell me in what can we say?

 

[payal desai]

Sorry I mean in what way can we say.

 

[tzfujimino]

Sorry I mean in what way can we say.

Hello, payal desai.:-D

I am eating the food now.

Are you familiar with the construction used in the sentence above?
It is called the 'present continuous/progressive tense'.
Please click on the link: http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_present-continuous.htm

I hope my response will be of some assistance to you.

(Edit) I think Rover has already answered your question in post #2.
(We seem to be at a loss as to how to answer your question- we don't seem to understand what you are actually trying to say.)

 

[payal desai]

Hello
Thanks for the reply. Yes i know about present continuous tense. I mean to ask in the context that "if one is done with his eating just a while ago".
Hope you may get it now what I mean.

 

[5jj]

Hello
Thanks for the reply. Yes i know about present continuous tense. I mean to ask in the context that "if one is done with his eating just a while ago".
Hope you may get it now what I mean.

Yes, but that is not the present moment you mentioned before.

I have just eaten is the BrE version.

 

[payal desai]

Ok.."I have just eaten now"or I just ate now" is also wrong.

 

[bhaisahab]

Ok.."I have just eaten now"or I just ate now" is also wrong.

You don't need "now".

 

[Raymott]

1. ate: "I've just finished eating all the food made since this morning." (Unlikely if a lot of food was made.) Your final sentence would have to specify whether you'd been eating since this morning, or the food was being prepared since this morning. Neither or your original sentences are natural, so there are numerous ways of expressing similar concepts but, by definition, none that express well a concept which doesn't make sense.

2. since: "The customers have just now finished all the food made since this morning."