Use of draught/draft
Hi
Are these sentences natural English?
- Take a large draft of cold water.
- I needed a big draft of water.
- He took a few drafts from the large Coca Cola bottle.
- Don't take a draft; take a small sip.
Thanks,
Tom
Top answer
"Draft" is rare in that use in my dialect (Middle Atlantic). Number 3 is perhaps the most likely.
- "Draft" is rare in that use in my dialect (Middle Atlantic).
- Number 3 is perhaps the most likely.
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"Draft" is rare in that use in my dialect (Middle Atlantic). Number 3 is perhaps the most likely.
0In the US, we use "draft." We recognize the British spelling "draught" as the same word, though we would not use that spelling ourselves. The word means a breeze, a little feeling of wind present. It also means a quantity of beer. The Selective Service uses the word to refer to the lottery system in place to choose adult males to be in the armed forces if the draft is currently in use. It has
0No.. The word 'draft' is not used very much anymore in the context of drinking, in my experience. We typically talk about eg a drink of water / a gulp of water / a mouthful of water,
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