"How many cups of tea are drank in the UK every year" -or-
"How many cups of tea are drunk in the UK every year"..?
2006-10-05 12:26:26 · 9 answers · asked by sekhtet 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
This isn't MY sentence, it was on TV, and my husband and I were wondering which was correct!
2006-10-05 12:50:43 · update #1
drunk~
better yet, maybe u should use consumed :)
2006-10-05 12:28:43 · answer #1 · answered by sasmallworld 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Does "drank" sound even remotely correct to you?
It's not a particularly good sentence any way you slice it. How many cups of tea do people in the UK drink every year? Is a little stronger. Sorry - I have an aversion to passive construction.
2006-10-05 19:32:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Drank
2006-10-05 19:37:13 · answer #3 · answered by DARIA. - JOINED MAY 2006 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How many cups of tea do they drink in the UK every year? That would sound much better.
2006-10-05 19:34:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
"[I][He][She] drank four hundred cups of tea last month, giving a grand total of 1600 cups of tea drunk over the entire year."
2006-10-05 19:30:49 · answer #5 · answered by Finnegan 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Drunk is the archaic past tense of the verb drink, so drank would be the right answer today.
2006-10-05 19:54:07 · answer #6 · answered by Matt S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Word drank is correct.
2006-10-05 19:30:21 · answer #7 · answered by the_answer_man 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Ten "drunk" cups stumbled into the bar..bet they had a hangover the next day.
2006-10-06 02:56:54 · answer #8 · answered by atheleticman_fan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
are drank,
or have been drunk last year.
2006-10-05 19:28:32 · answer #9 · answered by who be boo? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋