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Perfect Stranger Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary

How do we describe grapes?

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Can we say that grapes are crispy? As opposed to soggy? And can we use ripe as a verb?

These grapes are riping.

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" These grapes are ripening. They will be ready to pick in about a week. The grapes are firm / mushy / rotten / moldy / dried / crinkled.

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  • " These grapes are ripening.
  • They will be ready to pick in about a week.
  • The grapes are firm / mushy / rotten / moldy / dried / crinkled.
  • The apples / pears are crisp / soft / mushy / rotten.
  • The bananas are ripe / soft / mushy / rotten.
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The verb is "ripen."
These grapes are ripening. They will be ready to pick in about a week.

The grapes are firm / mushy / rotten / moldy / dried / crinkled.
The apples / pears are crisp / soft / mushy / rotten.
The bananas are ripe / soft / mushy / rotten.
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The opposite of soggy in this context would be firm.

Ripe is the adjective, whereas, Ripen is the verb (as already mentioned).

e.g. Those grapes are ripe/A ripe banana (adjective) or Have the grapes ripened yet? (verb, past participle of ripen)

~ Gingernut

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I would use "soggy" with soil, sponge, cereal, biscuits, bread or sandwich but never with grapes.

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