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Why is an orange juice countable?
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Pretty3
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Why is an orange juice countable?
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Dear members,
juice is uncountable but why is an orange juice countable?
Waiting to hear from you.
Best Regards
:)
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16 Feb 2013
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puddyd
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Hi, It �s countable because of an = 1, so it �s either a glass or a box or a some sort of vessel of orange juice. It would be uncountable if it was just orange juice without the �an �. |
16 Feb 2013
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MJ_Misa
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Is it?
A glass of orange juice, a bottle of orange juice (countable)
but
There is some orange juice in the fridge. (uncountable)
I don �t understand why should adding of the word "orange" make juice countable 
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16 Feb 2013
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angelcris
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My dear MJ Misa,
In fact, it �s not that orange juice is countable. It �s uncountable - we say "I �ll have some orange juice". The fact is that when we talk about juice (any kind) we can say "a glass of juice", "a box of juice", "a bottle of juice" etc.
So, juice is uncountable, but you can "count" the amount you are drinking (as in any other liquid) by adding the measure (glass, bottle, liters, box etc)
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16 Feb 2013
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daniellemotta
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Hello guys! I believe that when we say: an orange juice, it �s implicit "A glass of". Just like when we ask for "two coffees".... it �s implicit "two cups of" |
16 Feb 2013
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mohamedthabet
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Drinks (coffee, water, orange juice) are usually
uncountable. But if we are thinking of a cup or a glass, we can say (in a
restaurant, for example):
- Two teas and one coffee please.
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16 Feb 2013
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Yolandaprieto
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Daniela is right, we simplify saying two juices or two teas but we mean two glasses/boxes/bottles/ cups of ......
Yolanda
In Spanish we do the same and it is really difficult to make students understands that all liquids are uncountable.
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16 Feb 2013
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yanogator
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Danielle and Yolanda are right. We can say "I �ll have a juice" or "I �ll have an orange juice". In either case, it �s countable, and is a shortened form, as others said. Bruce |
16 Feb 2013
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MJ_Misa
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Dear Angelcris,
if you have read properly, you would see that my explanation was right, you have only misunderstood it. If you have a look at my examples you can see that a glass is countable, not orange juice.
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18 Feb 2013
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