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9 Dec 2022
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Question about English (US)
Does this sound natural?
“He’s a beer addict.”
Does this sound natural?
“He’s a beer addict.”
“He’s a beer addict.”
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It would sound better like:
He’s addicted to drinking beer or alcohol.
- Simplified Chinese (China)
- English (US)
“He’s an alcoholic” sounds more natural
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- Simplified Chinese (China)
- English (US) Near fluent
- Romanian
As I said you can either say
-He’s addicted to drinking beer
Or
-He’s addicted to alcohol
- Simplified Chinese (China)
- English (US) Near fluent
- Romanian
- Simplified Chinese (China)
- English (US) Near fluent
- Romanian
Yeah you could use it but it’s just not often seen that’s why I hesitated to use it, beer is a bit too specific when using addict
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