Why do drinks containing alcohol get called alcoholic drinks? Not everyone is an alcoholic that drinks.?!
A. This drink contains alcohol.
B. This is an alcoholic drink.
Answers: Examples:
A. This drink contains alcohol.
B. This is an alcoholic drink.
An alcoholic drink is a drink that contains alcohol.
However - an alcoholic is someone who should avoid alcohol.
That is why English is such a tricky language, many meanings from the same few words.
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Because they are refering to the drink as containing alcohol they are not refering to the people drinking it.
If you've taken any grammar at all in school, you would know that one version is an adjective and the other is a noun. He drove a beat up car. I danced to the beat. Get it?
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Because alcoholic in that sense is an adjective while when used to describe a person it is a noun. Think about other nouns that can also be adjectives.
I'm not sure if this is question or just a funny statement. When you add alcohol to a drink it becomes an alcoholic drink. You're not called an alcoholic. You would be taking the word out of context.
Unfortunately, alcoholism is treatable being an idiot isn't. Narcotics aren't called narcotics because narcotic cops use them, it's all about the contents, dude.
because of the alcohol