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#2 (permalink) Tue Jul 05, 2011 18:27 pm Re: to my taste/ for my taste which one is the correct one? |
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"too vinegary/spicy for my taste" "not to my taste" "exactly to my taste" |
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Dozy I'm a Communicator ;-)
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#3 (permalink) Tue Jul 05, 2011 19:36 pm to my taste/ for my taste which one is the correct one? |
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Thanks Dozy, so can you say: 'The sauce was exactly to my taste.'? Moreover why does one use : too vinegary/ spicy for my taste? and can you also say: 'The film was entirely to my taste.' or 'The fillm was too violent for my taste.'? May I ask if you know the answer to my questions about the subjunctive mood, also called the conjuctive mood in English, like in German: 'Der Konjunktiv 1& 2' and 'Le subjonctif présent et le subjonctif passé in French? In Dutch it is called 'de aanvullende wijs.' Please Dozy, tell me more, I would really appreciate it. I assume you speak and write those languages as fluently as you speak English. If not then I'm very sorry. But you can still help me out with the subjunctive in English.
Thanks Alexandro. _________________ 'Everyone can mistakes! After all, nobody's perfect.' |
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Alexandro I'm here quite often ;-)
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#4 (permalink) Tue Jul 05, 2011 20:37 pm to my taste/ for my taste which one is the correct one? |
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| Alexandro wrote: |
| Thanks Dozy, so can you say: 'The sauce was exactly to my taste.'? |
Yes.
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| Moreover why does one use : too vinegary/ spicy for my taste? |
The pattern in this instance is "too X for Y". Compare "too hot for comfort", "too big for this room", etc. etc.
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| May I ask if you know the answer to my questions about the subjunctive mood |
Subjunctive is not my strongest subject, but if no one more competent than me answers I'll try to take a look...
(I've no idea why you would assume I am fluent in German, French and Dutch! I'm not!) |
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Dozy I'm a Communicator ;-)
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#5 (permalink) Tue Jul 05, 2011 23:42 pm to my taste/ for my taste which one is the correct one? |
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Dear Dozy,
I didn't wish to make you angry. You've helped me such a great deal already. If I have made the wrong assumption, which obviously I have, please accept my apologies.
Alexandro. _________________ 'Everyone can mistakes! After all, nobody's perfect.' |
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Alexandro I'm here quite often ;-)
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#6 (permalink) Wed Jul 06, 2011 0:49 am to my taste/ for my taste which one is the correct one? |
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| No worries, I wasn't at all angry, just surprised. The chance of an average native English speaker also speaking those three languages fluently is extremely small. |
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Dozy I'm a Communicator ;-)
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| Internet Vocabulary in different Languages? | regardless of vs despite |