Pour me a drink vs Can i have a drink [closed]
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Let's say my friend brings some kind of drink and glass and I reject the offer at first but then relize I want some.
Are these phrases both correct or is one of them incorrect? If they are correct do they have the same meaning?
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asked Mar 29 at 12:07
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closed as unclear what you're asking by Mari-Lou A, RegDwigнt♦ Mar 29 at 12:48
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Let's say my friend brings some kind of drink and glass and I reject the offer at first but then relize I want some.
Are these phrases both correct or is one of them incorrect? If they are correct do they have the same meaning?
Thanks
phrases
asked Mar 29 at 12:07
UndyUndy
111
closed as unclear what you're asking by Mari-Lou A, RegDwigнt♦ Mar 29 at 12:48
Please clarify your specific problem or add additional details to highlight exactly what you need. As it's currently written, it’s hard to tell exactly what you're asking. See the How to Ask page for help clarifying this question. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
Neither phrase is something a native speaker would say in the context indicated. And no two phrases can have the same meaning if they use different words.
– RegDwigнt♦
Mar 29 at 12:49
Pour me a drink is an explicit instruction to the person to perform an action. Can I have a drink? is simply a question. (The answer could be Yes, help yourself.) In restaurants, the use of Can I? is almost always meant to be an instruction to a server that's phrased politely. But it doesn't need to be interpreted that way—and, syntactically, it's nothing more than a question.
– Jason Bassford
Mar 29 at 15:53
I've changed my mind. May I have a shot of that Jägermeister now?
– Wayfaring Stranger
Mar 30 at 2:01
On second thoughts, I will have that drink, please.
– Kate Bunting
Mar 30 at 9:14
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Let's say my friend brings some kind of drink and glass and I reject the offer at first but then relize I want some.
Are these phrases both correct or is one of them incorrect? If they are correct do they have the same meaning?
Thanks
phrases
asked Mar 29 at 12:07
UndyUndy
111
Let's say my friend brings some kind of drink and glass and I reject the offer at first but then relize I want some.
Are these phrases both correct or is one of them incorrect? If they are correct do they have the same meaning?
Thanks
phrases
phrases
asked Mar 29 at 12:07
UndyUndy
111
asked Mar 29 at 12:07
UndyUndy
111
asked Mar 29 at 12:07
UndyUndy
111
asked Mar 29 at 12:07
UndyUndy
111
asked Mar 29 at 12:07
UndyUndy
111
111
closed as unclear what you're asking by Mari-Lou A, RegDwigнt♦ Mar 29 at 12:48
Please clarify your specific problem or add additional details to highlight exactly what you need. As it's currently written, it’s hard to tell exactly what you're asking. See the How to Ask page for help clarifying this question. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
closed as unclear what you're asking by Mari-Lou A, RegDwigнt♦ Mar 29 at 12:48
Please clarify your specific problem or add additional details to highlight exactly what you need. As it's currently written, it’s hard to tell exactly what you're asking. See the How to Ask page for help clarifying this question. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
Neither phrase is something a native speaker would say in the context indicated. And no two phrases can have the same meaning if they use different words.
– RegDwigнt♦
Mar 29 at 12:49
Pour me a drink is an explicit instruction to the person to perform an action. Can I have a drink? is simply a question. (The answer could be Yes, help yourself.) In restaurants, the use of Can I? is almost always meant to be an instruction to a server that's phrased politely. But it doesn't need to be interpreted that way—and, syntactically, it's nothing more than a question.
– Jason Bassford
Mar 29 at 15:53
I've changed my mind. May I have a shot of that Jägermeister now?
– Wayfaring Stranger
Mar 30 at 2:01
On second thoughts, I will have that drink, please.
– Kate Bunting
Mar 30 at 9:14
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Neither phrase is something a native speaker would say in the context indicated. And no two phrases can have the same meaning if they use different words.
– RegDwigнt♦
Mar 29 at 12:49
Pour me a drink is an explicit instruction to the person to perform an action. Can I have a drink? is simply a question. (The answer could be Yes, help yourself.) In restaurants, the use of Can I? is almost always meant to be an instruction to a server that's phrased politely. But it doesn't need to be interpreted that way—and, syntactically, it's nothing more than a question.
– Jason Bassford
Mar 29 at 15:53
I've changed my mind. May I have a shot of that Jägermeister now?
– Wayfaring Stranger
Mar 30 at 2:01
On second thoughts, I will have that drink, please.
– Kate Bunting
Mar 30 at 9:14
Neither phrase is something a native speaker would say in the context indicated. And no two phrases can have the same meaning if they use different words.
– RegDwigнt♦
Mar 29 at 12:49
Neither phrase is something a native speaker would say in the context indicated. And no two phrases can have the same meaning if they use different words.
– RegDwigнt♦
Mar 29 at 12:49
Pour me a drink is an explicit instruction to the person to perform an action. Can I have a drink? is simply a question. (The answer could be Yes, help yourself.) In restaurants, the use of Can I? is almost always meant to be an instruction to a server that's phrased politely. But it doesn't need to be interpreted that way—and, syntactically, it's nothing more than a question.
– Jason Bassford
Mar 29 at 15:53
Pour me a drink is an explicit instruction to the person to perform an action. Can I have a drink? is simply a question. (The answer could be Yes, help yourself.) In restaurants, the use of Can I? is almost always meant to be an instruction to a server that's phrased politely. But it doesn't need to be interpreted that way—and, syntactically, it's nothing more than a question.
– Jason Bassford
Mar 29 at 15:53
I've changed my mind. May I have a shot of that Jägermeister now?
– Wayfaring Stranger
Mar 30 at 2:01
I've changed my mind. May I have a shot of that Jägermeister now?
– Wayfaring Stranger
Mar 30 at 2:01
On second thoughts, I will have that drink, please.
– Kate Bunting
Mar 30 at 9:14
On second thoughts, I will have that drink, please.
– Kate Bunting
Mar 30 at 9:14
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Neither phrase is something a native speaker would say in the context indicated. And no two phrases can have the same meaning if they use different words.
– RegDwigнt♦
Mar 29 at 12:49
Pour me a drink is an explicit instruction to the person to perform an action. Can I have a drink? is simply a question. (The answer could be Yes, help yourself.) In restaurants, the use of Can I? is almost always meant to be an instruction to a server that's phrased politely. But it doesn't need to be interpreted that way—and, syntactically, it's nothing more than a question.
– Jason Bassford
Mar 29 at 15:53
I've changed my mind. May I have a shot of that Jägermeister now?
– Wayfaring Stranger
Mar 30 at 2:01
On second thoughts, I will have that drink, please.
– Kate Bunting
Mar 30 at 9:14