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Expression: "a tea" or "tea"



 
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Expression: "a tea" or "tea" #1 (permalink) Sat Jun 17, 2006 12:45 pm   Expression: "a tea" or "tea"
 

Hello everybody

Could we say at the hotel?

1- I want a tea
2- We ordered two teas.
3- I am having a tea.

Could we also say this at home? :D Will it be standard English?

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Expression: "a tea" or "tea" #2 (permalink) Sun Jun 18, 2006 1:14 am   Expression: "a tea" or "tea"
 

Yes-- a tea, a coffee, a beer: all are commonly used countably, at home and abroad. It may be a short form for a cup of..., a glass of....
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