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Old 14-Nov-2006, 11:06
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Default Re: a drink, a brandy but tea
Both a and no article are acceptable with either 'tea' or coffee', because both those words are either U or C. The noun 'drink' is countable in this context - you can't say *Would you like drink , except in very rare contexts.

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