The man ate a sandwich for lunch.

Meaning: An adult male human being consumed food consisting of two or more pieces of bread with meat, cheese, or other fillings in between as a meal eaten in the middle of the day.

Choice of Words: Man is an adult male human being. Ate is the past tense of the verb eat, which means to consume food. Sandwich is a food item consisting of two or more pieces of bread with meat, cheese, or other fillings in between. Lunch is a meal eaten in the middle of the day.

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A man ate a sandwich during lunchtime.

Meaning: This means that any man consumed a sandwich during the period of time around midday when people typically eat lunch.

Choice of Words: A is used to refer to any man, ate is the past tense of the verb eat which means to consume food, a is used to indicate one sandwich, sandwich is a type of food, during indicates the time frame of the action, and lunchtime is the period of time around midday when people typically eat lunch.

One man had a sandwich as his midday meal.

Meaning: This means that a specific male person consumed a sandwich during the midday meal.

Choice of Words: One is used to indicate a specific quantity, man is used to refer to a male person, had is the past tense of the verb have which means to possess or consume something, a is used to indicate one sandwich, sandwich is a type of food, and as his midday meal indicates that the sandwich was consumed during the midday meal.

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