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Do you like coffee? I do not like it, but sometimes I can drink it just along for the ride. For example, when we bought a coffee machine, I drank it every day just because "well, I have cooked it already." Just not coffee with milk, but milk with coffee. And now I drink it only if... No, actually, I never drink it. =) What is so attractive in this bitter drink that every morning people run to the kitchen or Starbucks? I do not understand. And as you understand, if coffee is bitter for me, then I even didn't taste alcohol! Cheers! [emoji]
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Hi Veronica,
We don't usually say we 'cook' coffee. Usually make or prepare coffee
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Do you like coffee? I do not like it, but sometimes I can drink it just to go along for the ride. For example, when we bought a coffee machine, I drank it every day just because "well, I have cooked prepared it already." Just not coffee with milk, but milk with coffee. And now I drink it only if... No, actually, I never drink it. =) What is so attractive in this bitter drink that every morning people run to the kitchen or Starbucks? I do not understand. And as you may be able to guess, understand if coffee is bitter for me, then I haven't ever even didn't tasted alcohol! Cheers! [emoji]1
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Do you like coffee? I don't like it, but sometimes I drink it just because I can. Like when we bought a coffee machine, I drank it every day only because I thought, "well, I've already made it." Though I didn't drink coffee with a little bit of milk, but milk with a little bit of coffee. And now I drink it only if... No, actually, I never drink it. =) What is so attractive about this bitter drink that it makes people run to the kitchen or Starbucks every morning? I don't get it. Since coffee is so bitter to me, don't get me started on alcohol! Cheers! [emoji]---
Note: I corrected to make you sound native and informal. Not everything I changed was strictly incorrect.
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Do you like coffee? I do not like it, but sometimes I will drink it just to go along for the ride. For example, when we bought a coffee machine, I drank it every day just because I thought, "well, I have made it already." It's not coffee with some milk, but rather milk with some coffee. And now I drink it only if... No, actually, I never drink it. =) What is so attractive about this bitter drink that every morning people run to the kitchen or Starbucks? I do not understand. And as you can imagine, if coffee is too bitter for me, then I don't even want to taste alcohol! Cheers! [emoji]***I completely agree!
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Do you like coffee? I do not like it, but sometimes I can drink it just for the sake of it. For example, when we bought a coffee machine, I drank it every day because "well, I have (made/prepared/brewed) it already." Not just coffee with milk, but milk with coffee. Now I drink it only if... No, actually, I never drink it. =) What is so attractive about this bitter drink, that every morning people run to the kitchen or Starbucks? I do not understand. As you now understand, if coffee is bitter for me, then I don't even want to taste alcohol! Cheers! [emoji]Notes:
Not everything I changed was wrong, some things I changed to sound more natural.
We don't really talk about cooking coffee. So you can use words like, "made", "prepared", or "brewed".
Just not coffee with milk, but milk with coffee. this sentence is fine, but I find it confusing... coffee with milk, and milk with coffee? Either your saying the same thing, or your talking about also having a milk with a small amount of coffee? I feel like it needs more explaining when your talking to people that might not know what you mean. :)
I noticed you use "and" at the start of your sentences. Native speakers do it all the time.... but technically it is wrong... spoken it feels normal to me, but seeing it in text looks awkward. There are a lot of rules that can be broken in everyday spoken English or chat speak that shouldn't be broken when your writing. This is one of them. :)
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