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Carter Lee Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

having a coffee or having coffee, which one is correct?

Hello .

I just found some sentence which is seems like weird.

The original sentence as following of
"You are having coffee with your good friend"

But I think it should be like this.
"You are having a coffee with your good friend" but I'm not sure what idea of mine.
  

Top answer

"You are having (so me) coffee with your good friend" This is correct. 'Coffee' is an u nc ountable noun. "You are having a coffee with your good friend" This is a slightly informal usage that treats 'coffee' as countable.

— Clive

  • "You are having (so me) coffee with your good friend" This is correct.
  • 'Coffee' is an u nc ountable noun.
  • "You are having a coffee with your good friend" This is a slightly informal usage that treats 'coffee' as countable.
  • A more precise version is I was having a cup of coffee, .
  • Here 'coffee' is once again uncountable.
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"You are having (some) coffee with your good friend"
This is correct. 'Coffee' is an uncountable noun.


"You are having a coffee with your good friend"

This is a slightly informal usage that treats 'c
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Clive"You are having (some) coffee with your good friend"This is correct. 'Coffee' is an uncountable noun. "You are having a coffee with your good friend" This is a slightly informal usage that treats 'coffee' as countable. A more precise version isI was having a cup of coffee, . . Here 'coffee' is once again uncountable. Clive
Thanks Clive. I get it
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Wow. great question. i was wonderring about that (not a native english speaker) and i found this thread very useful.

Dec 2017

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