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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

taste

0Can I say,02br
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00(a) Ali likes to taste of his cooking.02br
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00(b) He likes to taste the soup/ food. 02br
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00(c) The cook likes the taste of the soup. 0-
  

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0to taste of - this is incorrect. Would you like to try the first sentence again?02br
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00b and c are ok.0-
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0I try:02br
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00(a) Ali likes to taste his mother's cooking.02br
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00Can I say,02br
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00(a) His father likes to taste his tomyam soup after he cooks it. 0-
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0a) - yes, but are you clear on the difference in meaning between 'likes to taste' and 'likes the taste of'. The latter would seem more appropriate in this context.02br
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00b) Yes, but see above comment.0-
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0Can I say,02br
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00He likes to taste his cook every day. 0-
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0his cook? Are you sure? Ok grammatically, but I don't want to know about what kinky activities he may get up to with his cook.02br
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00You didn't answer my question: are you clear on the difference between 'likes to taste' and 'like the taste of'. 02br
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00Also, I'm not sure you have the meaning of 'likes to taste'. You are using it grammatically bu
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0So, you mean this sentence is wrong?02br
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00He likes to taste his cook every day. 02br
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00yup, i'm not sure the difference between 'likes to taste' and 'like the taste of'. 02br
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00Can I say,02br
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00Ali likes to taste every soup that cook from him. 0-
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0Anyone can give me comment? 02br
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00The sentence below is wrong?02br
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00(a) He likes to taste his cook every day. 02br
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00(b) The chef likes to taste the soup when it is done.0-
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0He likes to taste [something].02br
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00What is he tasting? Is he really tasting the way his cook, a person, tastes? I expect he'd be rather salty if he'd been sweating in the kitchen all day.02br
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00A cook is a person. 0-
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0how about (b) ? correct? 0-
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0Generally, if no one comments on it, it's okay.0-

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