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Tomo97
2019年12月3日

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  • 英语 (美国)
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Let's catch up for a coffee. 和 Let's catch up over a coffee. 有什么区别？如果难以说明的话，请教我一下例句。

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已被注销的用户
2019年12月3日

Really, they mean the same thing.

But grammatically, the former implies more that the purpose is to drink coffee; the latter implies more that the purpose is to ‘catch up’ (chat bla bla bla).

CPQ0916
2019年12月3日

  • 英语 (美国)
  • 中文 (简体) 半母语者

Yeah, for the first sentence, the purpose for meeting up(catch up) is to drink coffee. For the second sentence, the purpose of meeting up is not for coffee, as the coffee is only just for them to drink during the meet up(catching up).

已被注销的用户
2019年12月3日

Men usually say the former.

“Let’s go have a beer.” “Let’s get coffee.”
“Let’s grab some dinner.”

The emphasis is on the consumption activity, rather than on the socializing.

Women tend to say the latter, emphasizing the socializing.

You can say it either way, but the former is more masculine and the latter is more feminine. (Choosing the wrong one, especially as a man, can make you sound gay.)

已被注销的用户
2019年12月3日

If a guy said to me “let’s catch up over a coffee”, unless English is his second language, I might assume he’s a peter puffer.

已被注销的用户
2019年12月3日

I wonder, is Japanese culture the same?

CPQ0916
2019年12月3日

  • 英语 (美国)
  • 中文 (简体) 半母语者

Maybe, men and women use different vocabulary sometimes when having conversations.

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