I like to have a cup of coffee/have coffee in winter?

[Ashraful Haque]

This is the question I got on my practice IELTS test:
Describe your favorite season of the year. What you like to do during the season?

I said I love winter. And when saying what I like to do in winter I said:

"I like staying indoors, preferably in bed. Have a cup of hot coffee. Take a hot shower. My most favorite part is wearing winter clothes. I just love to wear track suits, jeans and caps during this season."

My question is about 'a.' Here I'm talking about a season. But these sentence sound like I'm talking about a single day. Is it natural in this type of context or should I say "Have hot coffee"/"Take hot showers?"

 

[GoesStation]

The article is correct, but you should never say "most favorite". It's redundant.

 

[probus]

Your response was both correct and natural. Your proposed alternatives are fine too, but as a native speaker I'd probably write just what you did.

 

[Ashraful Haque]

The article is correct, but you should never say "most favorite". It's redundant.

I remember you corrected me once before. I keep saying it subconsciously cause I keep hearing it in movies/shows all the time.

 

[teechar]

Describe your favorite season of the year. What do you like to do during the season?

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[emsr2d2]

I keep hearing it in movies/shows all the time.

I think we can safely say you're exaggerating.

 

[teechar]

I keep saying it subconsciously because I keep hearing it in movies/shows all the time.

Please don't use "cause" instead of "because". That's bad English.

 

[probus]

I remember you corrected me once before. I keep saying it subconsciously cause I keep hearing it in movies/shows all the time.

Habits are hard to break, but you should break that one. Movies and TV are an unreliable guide to good English usage because script writers sometimes put substandard usage into the mouths of their characters for dramatic reasons.

 

[emsr2d2]

"Favourite" effectively works as a superlative. Admittedly, you might say you have ten favourite films but, if you actually like one of them more than the others, that one is your favourite, not your "most favourite". The others are just films you like a lot.

 

[probus]

I agree, emsr2d2, but it is common and acceptable to say "That's one of my favorites." Favorite seems to be slightly ambiguous.