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Odessa Dawn Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

"much of a tea drinker"?

I am much of a tea drinker.

Does it have the meaning of I drink (too/so?) much tea?
  

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This is not a common phrase. You will often hear: I am not much of a tea drinker meaning "I don't drink a lot of tea" / "I don't drink tea often". But I don't think it is correct to say "I am much of a tea drinker".

— Anonymous

  • This is not a common phrase.
  • You will often hear: I am not much of a tea drinker meaning "I don't drink a lot of tea" / "I don't drink tea often".
  • But I don't think it is correct to say "I am much of a tea drinker".
  • It is probably intended to mean "I drink a lot of tea" rather than "too much tea".
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This is not a common phrase. You will often hear:

I am not much of a tea drinker

meaning "I don't drink a lot of tea" / "I don't drink tea often". But I don't think it is correct to say "I am much of a tea drinker". It is probably intended to mean "I drink a lot of tea" rather than "too much tea".
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It is not natural. "I am not much of a tea drinker" is OK; the affirmative sentence would have to be something like "I am a big tea drinker".
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That sentence has been taken from the dictionary; the particle was there. But I took it off to see if it is workable into affirmative sentence with the meaning I intended. Thanks.
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