Would you Advise me about whether both #a and #b are right or not?

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Would you Advise me about whether both #a and #b are right or not?
#a-He drinks a beer out of a bottle.
=He drinks a beer from a bottle.

#b-He drinks out a beer
?He drinks a beer out of a bottle. ???????????????
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I try to make #1 better like #2. Advise me.
#1-He pours a beer in a bottle and drinks.
?#2.He drinks a beer which is being poured in a bottle.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

If you want to emphasize what someone habitually does, "drinks" is the best adjective.
1a. He drinks beer out of a bottle.
1b. He drinks bottled beer.
1c. He drinks beer from a bottle.
These all mean the same thing, and they suggest that when he drinks beer, he chooses bottles as a habit or preference. It's not a good idea to use "drinks" for describing an ongoing or present drinking activity. Just the phrase on its own "He drinks" tends to suggest that he is a drinker in general, not that he is drinking at this very moment.

If you want to describe what he is doing at this very moment, you should use "is drinking":
2a. He is drinking bottled beer. (could be one or many, might refer to his activity throughout the whole night)
2b. He is drinking beer from a bottle. (same as 2a)
2c. He is drinking beer out of a bottle. (same as 2a)
3a. He is drinking a bottle of beer. (he is drinking exactly one beer at this moment, irrespective of the rest of the night)
3b. He is drinking a bottled beer. (same as 3a)

These forms are incorrect or nonstandard:
4. He drinks a beer from a bottle.
Sounds unnatural. If you want to emphasize that he is drinking one beer only at this very moment, and it's from a bottle, then use 3a or 3b.

5. He drinks out a beer.
It is never said that someone "drinks out."

6. He pours a beer in a bottle and drinks.
"A beer" refers to a specific serving of beer after it's already in its singular container. When you're pouring beer into a bottle, (e.g. bottling a beer) you don't pour "a beer into a bottle." For this reason you don't pluralize servings of beer that are within a larger container. A keg contains a lot of beer inside, but it doesn't contain many beers inside. You also need to make it clear that the pouring happened before the drinking. You should say instead:
6a. He poured beer into a bottle, and is drinking it.
6b. He is pouring beer into a bottle, and will drink it.

7.He drinks a beer which is being poured in a bottle.
Same problems as 6. It sounds like he's lapping up beer as its being poured in, before waiting for it to be poured. This goes back to what I said about making sure that the verb that describes pouring is not occurring concurrently with the drinking. Try instead:
7a. He will drink beer that is being poured into a bottle.
7b. He is drinking beer that was poured into a bottle.

Ljswave · Answer

Hello, sir.
I am glad to get your useful explanation.
Thank a lot.

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