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Hi dear teachers
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mabevi
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Hi dear teachers
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I have a big doubt: Can I say "I have 10 tins or cans of beer" or I have to say "I have 10 tin or can of beer". Maybe my question is stupid but I need to know.
Thanks a lot for your answer...  |
14 Oct 2010
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cheezels
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I have 10 cans of beer.
(But while I am not 100% certain I think that you can say tins as well)
In NZ we have a saying "He �s a few tinnies short of a 6 pack"
You can buy cans of beer in packs of 6 (and more) and it is a way of saying that the person is a bit weird, strange, has no idea of what they are doing ie: He �s not all there....
I would use cans of beer. But I have heard and used "tinnies" as in informal way of saying a can of beer.
"Have we got any tinnies in the fridge?"
"Yep, they �re nice and cold!"
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14 Oct 2010
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almaz
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After 10 cans of beer, who cares? :}
Normally, I would say 10 cans of beer, but I have some old stick-in-the-mud friends who still insist on calling them tins of beer.
And don �t the Aussies also refer to them as �tinnies �? |
14 Oct 2010
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MJ_Misa
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Hi, cans and tins are both countable, so "I have 10 cans (tins) of beer."
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14 Oct 2010
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edrodmedina
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I �m used to hearing "cans of beer" (I hear them in my sleep). I �ve heard tins as referring to metal boxes as in a tin of cookies (biscuits). |
14 Oct 2010
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mabevi
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Thank you so very much. (Muchas Gracias) :) |
14 Oct 2010
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MarionG
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I think I �m going to open a can of beer right now....I have a few cans in the fridge which should be cold by now....Just as we thought we would be able to breathe a bit the summer came back with a vengeance. I surely hope it will be the last heat wave of the year... |
14 Oct 2010
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