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Red seeded grapes

Yesterday I bought a plastic box of grapes labeled "Red Seeded Grapes," but when I got the grapes home I discovered that none of them had been seeded.
  

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[/nq] See how dumbed down English has got? The label should've read "Seedy Red Grapes" and then you would've been properly forewarned. Franke: EFL teacher & medical editor Native speaker of American English; posting from Taiwan.

  • [/nq] See how dumbed down English has got?
  • The label should've read "Seedy Red Grapes" and then you would've been properly forewarned.
  • Franke: EFL teacher & medical editor Native speaker of American English; posting from Taiwan.
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[nq:1]Yesterday I bought a plastic box of grapes labeled "Red Seeded Grapes," but when I got the grapes home I discovered that none of them had been seeded.[/nq]
See how dumbed down English has got? The label should've read "Seedy Red Grapes" and then you would've been properly forewarned.

Franke: EFL teacher & medical editor
Native speaker of American English; posting from Taiwan
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[nq:1]Yesterday I bought a plastic box of grapes labeled "Red Seeded Grapes," but when I got the grapes home I discovered that none of them had been seeded.[/nq]
I picked up one of those boxes last Friday; just around a corner of the display was another stack of boxes labeled "Red Seedless Grapes". I wonder why anyone buys "seeded" grapes.
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[nq:2]Yesterday I bought a plastic box of grapes labeled "Red ... home I discovered that none of them had been seeded.[/nq]
[nq:1]See how dumbed down English has got? The label should've read "Seedy Red Grapes" and then you would've been properly forewarned.[/nq]
Well, I wouldn't say they were seedy, really. There were only two or three seeds in each one.
I think it should have said "R
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[nq:1]Yesterday I bought a plastic box of grapes labeled "Red Seeded Grapes," but when I got the grapes home I discovered that none of them had been seeded.[/nq]
I suppose the point is that they should have been labelled "Red-Seeded Grapes"; but right use of the hyphen has gone the way of all English down the toilet.
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[nq:1] I wonder why anyone buys "seeded" grapes.[/nq]
Yes, or "pitted" cherries. Who wants cherries with pits put into them?
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[nq:2]Yesterday I bought a plastic box of grapes labeled "Red ... home I discovered that none of them had been seeded.[/nq]
[nq:1]I suppose the point is that they should have been labelled "Red-Seeded Grapes"; but right use of the hyphen has gone the way of all English down the toilet.[/nq]
But were the seeds red? I don't think so. Then again, the meaning that they have seeds sure comes ac
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[nq:1]Yesterday I bought a plastic box of grapes labeled "Red Seeded Grapes,"but when I got the grapes home I discovered that none of them had been seeded.[/nq]
That's odd. When I got mine home they were seeded but none of the seeds were red.
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[nq:2]Yesterday I bought a plastic box of grapes labeled "Red ... home I discovered that none of them had been seeded.[/nq]
[nq:1]I suppose the point is that they should have been labelled "Red-Seeded Grapes"; but right use of the hyphen has gone the way of all English down the toilet.[/nq]
But the grapes are red, the seeds are likely green-brown. "Red Grapes" would work fine. But, as some
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[nq:1]Yesterday I bought a plastic box of grapes labeled "Red Seeded Grapes," but when I got the grapes home I discovered that none of them had been seeded.[/nq]
Check your ***. If there's seeds in there you're an ***.
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[nq:2]Yesterday I bought a plastic box of grapes labeled "Red ... home I discovered that none of them had been seeded.[/nq]
[nq:1]Check your ***. If there's seeds in there you're an ***.[/nq]
I can't be sure, really. Could you help me out? What's your mailing address?

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