eating in restaurant. vs eating at restaurant.

Both phrases are similar and correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. "Eating at a restaurant" is the more commonly used phrase and is considered more natural in English. On the other hand, "eating in a restaurant" can also be used, especially when emphasizing the act of dining inside the restaurant.

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This phrase is correct but less commonly used in English. It can be used when emphasizing the act of dining inside the restaurant.

"eating in restaurant."

This phrase can be used when you want to emphasize the location where you are eating, specifically inside the restaurant.

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Fortunately, There was a policeman eating in the restaurant.
I don't recommend eating in that restaurant. The food is awful.
She'll kill me if she catches me eating pasta in a restaurant.
Well, I want people to do more than just consider eating at our restaurant.
Well, I want people to do more than just consider eating at our restaurant.
I get scared for things that don't make sense, like clowns with red noses... or the rags they use to wipe tables when you finish eating at a restaurant.
And I'm in a little restaurant eating ziti.
This one is boiled to the normal degree, but because the oil and cheese were delivered separately, and tossed here to provide a coating, it tastes like we're eating it at the restaurant.
I start eating in restaurants.
People aren't eating in restaurants these days and we've got a lot of spare food.
However, the measure in question is not being applied to the catering industry, which means that no information is available to people eating in restaurants or canteens as to the presence or absence of GMOs in what they are being served.
I like being alone, even in restaurants.
Rudy said that in the West they celebrate special events in restaurants.
I've seen you talk to smokers in restaurants.
He can pass for Omar Epps in restaurants.
I'd rather be poor than play in restaurants.
I thought smoking was outlawed in restaurants.
Dogs aren't allowed in restaurants.
Dogs aren't allowed in restaurants.
I like smoking, drinking and ordering in restaurants.

Alternatives:

eating at a restaurant
dining in a restaurant

This phrase is correct and more commonly used in English. It is considered more natural when referring to dining in a restaurant.

"eating at restaurant."

This phrase is the more common way to express the act of dining in a restaurant without emphasizing the location.

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Well, I want people to do more than just consider eating at our restaurant.
Well, I want people to do more than just consider eating at our restaurant.
I get scared for things that don't make sense, like clowns with red noses... or the rags they use to wipe tables when you finish eating at a restaurant.
This one is boiled to the normal degree, but because the oil and cheese were delivered separately, and tossed here to provide a coating, it tastes like we're eating it at the restaurant.
Fortunately, There was a policeman eating in the restaurant.
I don't recommend eating in that restaurant. The food is awful.
She'll kill me if she catches me eating pasta in a restaurant.
And I'm in a little restaurant eating ziti.
I'm just starting to remember what it's like to be human again... Sleeping in, not stepping on toys, eating at restaurants that don't have a slide.
Somebody on the street lighting a cigarette, candles at restaurant.
Knowing how much to tip at restaurants.
That's why people work at restaurants.
Actually, I'd really like it if you stopped doing that. It's embarrassing at restaurants.
I've been playing this game since I realized I didn't want to talk to my parents at restaurants.
Myra, the bus; Kit, the subway; and, pat, walk as fast as you can, But don't stop at restaurants.
No, I know, I just feel a little funny eating at such an expensive restaurant when...
They say that if you were to eat at a different restaurant every day, you could go years without eating at the same...
"Eating at this perfect, smaller, passionate restaurant..."inspires one's own abandonment of caution.
The two police officers were eating at the restaurant... and recognized the brothers, of which one is wanted for assault.
So the fact that Henry was eating at her restaurant every day is not a coincidence.

Alternatives:

eating in a restaurant
dining at a restaurant

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