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#2 (permalink) Sun Mar 05, 2006 18:55 pm A few drinks - countable nouns |
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Actually, drinks is a countable noun.
Examples:
I had two drinks last night.
He had too many drinks last night.
They only had a few drinks last night.
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#3 (permalink) Mon May 31, 2010 11:02 am A few drinks - countable nouns |
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Hi, :-)
In this sentence drinks means gulps of smth.?
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#4 (permalink) Mon May 31, 2010 11:05 am A few drinks - countable nouns |
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Hi Dina,
'drinks' means glasses of something.
Please avoid using 'smth' as an abbreviation of 'something'. You will find more details regarding the reason for this request in the forum introduction here. _________________ Cheers m' dears! |
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#5 (permalink) Thu Jun 10, 2010 2:55 am A few drinks - countable nouns |
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| Following this same subject, I would add the following question:"Have some coffe" or "drink some coffe/water" Is it supposed to be the same?? I mean,could I just say: "Drink a few coffe/water as well? |
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#6 (permalink) Thu Jun 10, 2010 3:57 am A few drinks - countable nouns |
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Hi, Gilson.
The word is spelled "coffee."
Unfortunately, the examples you've chosen are not black and white.
If you are referring to coffee generally, "few" is incorrect. If you perceive you are referring to cups of coffee, "coffee" can be countable.
I bought two coffees. I bought us a few coffees.
The same is true of water.
Please go into the store and buy us a few waters.
You are especially likely to encounter these as countable in informal speech and writing, where "cups of" or "bottles of" are often implied. |
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#7 (permalink) Thu Jun 10, 2010 21:53 pm A few drinks - countable nouns |
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| Thanks for the explanations and examples!!*Coffee*...thanks for the correction as well (*_*) |
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Gilson I'm new here and I like it ;-)

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#8 (permalink) Wed Jul 21, 2010 3:19 am A few drinks - countable nouns |
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Hi Comenius: Why I cann't say: a lot drinks, I mean it can be "a lot" or "a few" it depends how do you understand the sentence. Please explain me. thank you. |
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#9 (permalink) Wed Jul 21, 2010 10:00 am A few drinks - countable nouns |
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Hi Lourdes, of course you can say 'a lot of drinks' which means 'a large amount of drinks' (many drinks). You can also say 'a few drinks' which means 'not many drinks'.
Basically, a lot of drinks is the opposite of 'a few drinks'.
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#10 (permalink) Thu Jul 22, 2010 4:26 am A few drinks - countable nouns |
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Hi Torsten:
Thank you, I understood the difference between both. |
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#11 (permalink) Thu Jul 22, 2010 8:56 am A few drinks - countable nouns |
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You're welcome.
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#12 (permalink) Tue Sep 20, 2011 5:17 am A few drinks - countable nouns |
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| drinks are countable? |
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#13 (permalink) Tue Sep 20, 2011 7:32 am A few drinks - countable nouns |
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They are if they come in separate glasses. It's like "Do you want a tea or a coffee?" Which actually means 'do you want a cup of tea or a cup of coffee."
Would you like a drink? actually means would you like a glass (or other container) of a drink." - it's just that the specific drink isn't mentioned.
People talk about 'buying a round of drinks', for example. _________________ Cheers m' dears! |
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