Difference btw 'eat soup hot' and 'eat hot soup'
Hello, guys.
I have a not-quite-simple question for you.
Can anyone explain the difference between the following sentences?
1. I eat most kinds of soup hot.
2. I eat most kinds of hot soup.
Earlier today, one of my non-English speaking friends asked me the difference
between these sentences, and I couldn't explain it to him.
Now, I don't speak English as my mother tongue either, but I've studied it
for a long time and I understand the difference.
First sentence means that no matter what kind of soup I eat,
I mostly make it hot (boil it or microwave it or whatever) and then eat it.
Second one means I eat soup that is hot.
It's like if there are 100 kinds of hot soup, I eat and probably enjoy 99 of them.
Unless I'm wrong, that is the difference. But what kind of grammar is used here?
The placement of the word 'hot' is the only difference and that changes the
meanings of those sentences. Can anyone explain this using grammar?
I would appreciate it so much. Thxs guys.
Top answer
1. I eat most kinds of soup hot. The post-modifier position implies a verbless clause.
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- I eat most kinds of soup hot.
- The post-modifier position implies a verbless clause.
- I eat most kinds of soup (that are) hot.
- It implies that you don't usually eat soup that is, or has gotten, cold.
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1. I eat most kinds of soup hot.
The post-modifier position implies a verbless clause.
I eat most kinds of soup (that are) hot.
It implies that you don't usually eat soup that is, or has gotten, cold.
2. I eat most kinds of hot soup.
The pre-position modifier is just an ordinary adjective.
There are hot soups and cold soups. You like most of the h
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