Save some [drink] or [drinks]
I have made up the sentences below.
(ex) Suppose that I am drinking a little of juice and you are drinking a little bit of pop.
(1a) We should save some drink for later because we'll be cycling five kilometers. (my sentence)
(1b) We should save some drinks for later because we'll be cycling five kilometers. (my friends' version)
(2a) We should save some of our drink for later because we'll be cycling five kilometers. (my sentence)
(2b) We should save some of our drinks for later because we'll be cycling five kilometers. (my friends' version)
A few of my non-native English speaking friends think (1a) and (2b) are correct. The reason is that (1a) suggests the idea of liquid, so the uncountable form is required. However, you should use the plural form in (2b) because it refers to two individual drinks.
What is your opinion? Thank you very much for your time and help.
Top answer
ansonguy 1a) We should save some drink for later because we'll be cycling five kilometers. (my sentence) Not typical, but not wrong. The context makes it clear that all you need to say is We should save some for later because ...
- ansonguy 1a) We should save some drink for later because we'll be cycling five kilometers.
- (my sentence) Not typical, but not wrong.
- The context makes it clear that all you need to say is We should save some for later because ...
- ansonguy (1b) We should save some drinks for later because we'll be cycling five kilometers.
- (my friends' version) Same as for 1a, but here you each have multiple drinks (three each?
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ansonguy1a) We should save some drink for later because we'll be cycling five kilometers. (my sentence)
Not typical, but not wrong. The context makes it clear that all you need to say is We should save some for later because ....
ansonguy(1b) We should save some drinks for later because we'll be cycling five kilometers. (
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