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Habibaelgindy Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

bitter or sour?

I made a lemonade and it was too bitter/sour.
  

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This would more normally be 'I made lemonade' without the article. We tend not to 'make' a single glass of lemonade. We normally think of lemons as sour , but you can have a bitter lemon drink.

  • This would more normally be 'I made lemonade' without the article.
  • We tend not to 'make' a single glass of lemonade.
  • We normally think of lemons as sour , but you can have a bitter lemon drink.
  • It really depends on whether the drink was bitter or sour.
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This would more normally be 'I made lemonade' without the article. We tend not to 'make' a single glass of lemonade.

We normally think of lemons as sour, but you can have a bitter lemon drink. It really depends on whether the drink was bitter or sour.

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