Mouth-watering

Vincent TeoCan I say, (a) Her classmates were mouth-watering when they saw the food. no
"mouth-watering" is not a verb; it's an adjective.

There were many types of food on the table.

(b) They brought many mouth-watering

canadian45You can't say ..such as..and others.

Why not?

canadian45 said "You can't say ..such as..and others."

khoff Why not?

Because that makes no sense.

"such as" means 'for example' and requires mentioning specific things. Since "and others" is obviously not specific, adding it after the examples is totally meaningless and there

I agree that it doesn't make sense logically, but it strikes me as the kind of thing someone might well say if they started out to list specific examples and then ran out of examples. (I don't feel strongly about this, though -- I'm not going to get into a long discussion of it.)

khoffI agree that it doesn't make sense logically, but it strikes me as the kind of thing someone might well say if they started out to list specific examples and then ran out of examples. The only comment I have is that people may say 'odd' things for various reasons. But when a student says or asks about something like that, I am obliged to point out that it is flaw

Thanks, if I say:

(b) They brought many types of mouth-watering dishes and drinks, such as fried chicken, cookies, coca-cola and so on.

Please note: Coca-Cola is a brand name, (as is Coke), and needs to be capitalized. A "cola" is a generic term for the dark, fizzy soda. A better term, though, might be simply "soft drinks" which includes colas and other drinks.

Thanks , how about ...and so on.

I think the adjective mouth-watering is for foodstuff.

Is it acceptable to say mouth-waterig classmates/friends?

RotterIs it acceptable to say mouth-waterig classmates/friends?

Only if you're planning to eat them.