Can we write as 'Two coffees, please'? Though 'coffee' is uncountable, 'a coffee' seems to be correct. Then how about 'Two coffees'? Thank you!

Wählen Sie aus verschiedenen Englisch Lehrkräften für ...

Heidi

17. Nov. 2015 11:56

Antworten · 7

In the context of ordering at a restaurant, coffee is often used as a countable noun.

17. November 2015

You're not counting the coffee, you're counting the CUP. Basically, you are asking for "two cups of coffee". Imagine an ocean of coffee! The coffee itself is not countable. Put it in a cup. A cup is countable, right? Hope that helps! You're counting cups, not 'coffee'. Think "I'll have 3 waters, please." It's like "I'll have 3 BOTTLES of water, please!"

17. November 2015

Haben Sie noch keine Antworten gefunden?

Geben Sie Ihre Fragen ein und lassen Sie sich von Muttersprachlern helfen!