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Contraposition Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

delicious

Is 'delicious' non-gradable?
  

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Many people probably use it gradably without qualms. In careful formal English, it seems borderline to me to say one thing is "more delicious" than another. , "Yummy!

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  • Many people probably use it gradably without qualms.
  • In careful formal English, it seems borderline to me to say one thing is "more delicious" than another.
  • , "Yummy!
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Many people probably use it gradably without qualms. In careful formal English, it seems borderline to me to say one thing is "more delicious" than another. On the other hand, in everyday English it would be common and natural to say, e.g., "Yummy! This cake is even more delicous than the last one you made!"
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Additionally, 'This is the most delicious cake I have ever tasted'.
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In everyday English, does delicious mean extremely tasty?
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How do we express good taste of a food by not going to that extreme?
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