 Re: I'm coffee
The waitress arrives with a tray of coffees, teas, mineral waters. She remembers that A ordered tea; B pipes up and says, "I'm coffee" or "I'm a/the coffee." ('a' if more than one coffee has been ordered at the table, 'the' if only one coffee was ordered).
In ordering:
"I'll have a coffee please.'
"Coffee for me please."
At the end of a meal in a restaurant, there may be coffee and a selection of cheeses. The person may not want the cheese, so tells the person ordering, or directly to the waiter :
'I'm going to have a coffee but I'll give the cheese a miss." |