Which food is high-calorie?
1. Which food is a high-calorie?
2. Which food is high-calorie?
Hi
I asked this question in WR forum but I received different answers. Some native English speakers said both of them are wrong and some said #2 is correct.
This is the link => https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/which-food-is-a-high-calorie.3331402/#post-16879632
I'm confused now. What's your opinion?
Thank you.
Top answer
There is no question that #1 is wrong. I would accept #2 in a context where only one of a specified group of foods is high-calorie. I see the objections to using "high-calorie" predicatively that are expressed in the other thread.
- There is no question that #1 is wrong.
- I would accept #2 in a context where only one of a specified group of foods is high-calorie.
- I see the objections to using "high-calorie" predicatively that are expressed in the other thread.
- I believe that under strict scrutiny these objections have some validity, but that in ordinary contexts the vast majority of native speakers would read it without noticing any problem.
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There is no question that #1 is wrong.
I would accept #2 in a context where only one of a specified group of foods is high-calorie. I see the objections to using "high-calorie" predicatively that are expressed in the other thread. I believe that under strict scrutiny these objections have some validity, but that in ordinary contexts the vast majority of native speakers would read it with
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