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Kaos Posted 18 years ago
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Tastes or Tasted

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00This stew 01b00tastes 02b00good02br
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00This stew 01b00tasted 02b00good.02br
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0 What is the difference between the two? 0-
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0Hi Kaos02br
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00Both are good depending on the tense you want to express02br
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00This stew 01b00tastes 02b00good (present tense)02br
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00This stew 01b00tasted 02b00good. (past tense)00 0-
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0This stew tastes good.02br
00I would use this if I were currently eating the stew or if I just (no more that a few seconds ago) tasted it.02br
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00This stew tasted good.02br
00I would not use this formulation. I would say "the stew tasted good" or "that stew tasted good" instead. It would depend to some extent on the situation. For example, if I ha
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0>I would say "the stew tasted good" or "that stew tasted good" instead02br
00Great obs, RayH. 0-
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0Context dictates the tense.02br
00If you say "this stew tastes good", it tells people you are eating the stew as you speak.02br
00When you say this stew tasted good" the only choice that can be is that you ate the stew yesterday at your friend's house and it was good then. Today you are eating that for lunch again and you say :"it tasted good yeserday, but it tastes even
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