If i say i want macaroni and cheese, does that mean i want macaroni in addition to cheese or mac and cheese?

if i say yellow flowers and squash...is the squash also yellow? how does the english language distinguish between having the yellow squash or just regular squash?

If i say i want macaroni and cheese, does that mean i want macaroni in addition to cheese or mac and cheese?
Another way of making the distinction is to use the slight pause, marked in written language by the simple comma:



macaroni, and cheese - if they are two different things



yellow flowers, and squash - to separate the squash from the adjective "yellow"
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Reply:i dont know. isnt it the same thing?
Reply:If you say you want macaroni and cheese, you are asking for a common dish. In this case, the name of the dish also happens to be the ingredients. If you only want the ingredients, not the whole dish, you will have to sepearte the two somehow. Here's an example: "I want Macaroni pasta, and a package of cheddar cheese."



As for "yellow flowers and squash", this does not imply yellow squash. In order to imply that both are yellow, you must say "yellow flowers and yellow squash."



However, there is room for creativity. You might say something like, "Flowers and squash, both yellow."



If you want to say that the flowers are yellow, but the squash is not, you can simply say "Yellow flowers and squash."



Hope this helps!