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Alex+ Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

can / tin

0This question is for Britons. Do you say "a can of beer" or "a tin of beer", "a can of sardines" or "a tin of sardines"? As I know in the US use only "can". 0-
  

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1blockquote 01cite 10Alex+12cite 10This question is for Britons. Do you say "a can of beer" or "a tin of beer", "a can of sardines" or "a tin of sardines"? 02b 02font 02i 02br 01i 01font 01b 00 02b 02font 02i 02br 02br 01font 00[C]02font 00 00UK00 (01b 00UK ALSO02b 00 AND US00 01b 01font 00can02font 02b 00) 00a closed cylindrical metal container in 01b 00which food is sold:02b 02br 01i 01font 00a tin 01b 00of02b 00 beans02font 02i 02br 01i 01font 00piles of soup tins02font 02i 02br 02br 01i 00Therefore it should be 01b 00either02b 00 a can or a tin of sardines02i 0-

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  • 1blockquote 01cite 10Alex+12cite 10This question is for Britons.
  • Do you say "a can of beer" or "a tin of beer", "a can of sardines" or "a tin of sardines"?
  • 02b 02font 02i 02br 01i 01font 01b 00 02b 02font 02i 02br 02br 01font 00[C]02font 00 00UK00 (01b 00UK ALSO02b 00 AND US00 01b 01font 00can02font 02b 00) 00a closed cylindrical metal container in 01b 00which food is sold:02b 02br 01i 01font 00a tin 01b 00of02b 00 beans02font 02i 02br 01i 01font 00piles of soup tins02font 02i 02br 02br 01i 00Therefore it should be 01b 00either02b 00 a can or a tin of sardines02i 0-
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01cite10Alex+12cite10This question is for Britons. Do you say "a can of beer" or "a tin of beer", "a can of sardines" or "a tin of sardines"? As I know in the US use only "can".12blockquote
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0 I would tend to say "a can of beer" and "a tin of sardines" (never "a tin of beer" or "a can of sardines"). 02br
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00Drinks tend to be "canned", in BrE ("a can of Coke"); though liquid foodstuffs may be "tinned" (thus "a tin of tomato soup").02br
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