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Zazzex Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

You and i drank a drink?

Hello,

You and I drank a drink.

Does it mean we shared one glass of drink?

Or each of us drank a separate glass of drink?

Either is possible?



You and I drank two drinks.

What does this mean?


thanks
  

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Hi Zazzex, The meaning is that we each had a drink. A native speaker would usually say: You and I had a drink. Or, You and I drank a beer.

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  • Hi Zazzex, The meaning is that we each had a drink.
  • A native speaker would usually say: You and I had a drink.
  • Or, You and I drank a beer.
  • If you wanted to say we shared a drink, then you would say it that way: You and I shared a drink, or you and I shared a beer.
  • You would not say 'drink a drink'.
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Hi Zazzex,
The meaning is that we each had a drink. A native speaker would usually say: You and I had a drink. Or, You and I drank a beer. If you wanted to say we shared a drink, then you would say it that way: You and I shared a drink, or you and I shared a beer.

You would not say 'drink a drink'.

You and I had two drinks i
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We had two drinks

They had two drinks.

Do these also mean as follows? Or are these ambiguous?

Each of us had two drinks

Each of them had two drinks

Thanks a lot
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Hi,
These sentences could mean either two drinks each or two drinks all together, depending on the context, so you need to add a little more information to the sentences.

If each person has two drinks, you could say: We had two drinks apiece, or They had two drinks each.

If each person has only one drink, you could say: All together we had two drinks
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