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Seagull Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Make A cups of tea

Regarding the sentence: Tom made his mother cups of tea.

How does this sentence sound to you? How many cups of tea do you think Tom made for his mother? A lot of cups? Or does it simply say he made more than one cup of tea? Besides, can we say that putting some determiner (like "a few" or "several") before "cups" is preferable?

  

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How does this sentence sound to you? Strange. seagull How many cups of tea do you think Tom made for his mother?

— CalifJim

  • How does this sentence sound to you?
  • Strange.
  • seagull How many cups of tea do you think Tom made for his mother?
  • A lot of cups?
  • Or does it simply say he made more than one cup of tea?
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seagullTom made his mother cups of tea.How does this sentence sound to you?

Strange.

seagullHow many cups of tea do you think Tom made for his mother? A lot of cups? Or does it simply say he made more than one cup of tea?

More than one cup. That's all you can get from that sentence.

seagull
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seagullTom made his mother cups of tea

Tom made his mother cups of tea to choose from.

Is the sentence above less strange?

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