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Can I say,
(a) The pomelo fruit is / tastes sweet.
(b) The flesh of the pomelo taste sweet.
Mar 14 2010 04:44:14
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Hi,
Can I say,
(a) The pomelo fruit is / tastes sweet. Yes
(b) The flesh of the pomelo taste
s
sweet.
Clive
Mar 14 2010 04:48:36
Isn't redundant word to say, "pomelo fruit"? Or we accept it?
I felt odd for me, like do we say, "The hibiscus flower", right?
Mar 14 2010 05:09:37
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Usually we say "the pomelo tastes nice" without mentioning it's a kind of fruit or what it is. And we don't say "the hibiscus flower" but "the hibiscus".
Mar 14 2010 07:35:47
Hi,
The phrase 'pomelo fruit' helps me, because I don't know what a pomelo is.
Clive
Mar 14 2010 14:40:00
Can I say,
The pomelo is
so sweet
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Mar 16 2010 11:53:23
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Hi,
It's better to say that in a context where you are giving a consequence,
eg The pomelo is so sweet
that I can only eat one.
Clive
Mar 16 2010 14:55:41
How about this:
The pomelo is big and
so sweet.
Mar 16 2010 15:28:30
Hi,
Tell me the consequence of its being so sweet.
Clive
Mar 16 2010 16:02:10
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Can I say,
(a) The pomelo fruit is / tastes sweet. Yes
(b) The flesh of the pomelo tastes sweet.
Clive
I felt odd for me, like do we say, "The hibiscus flower", right?
The phrase 'pomelo fruit' helps me, because I don't know what a pomelo is.
Clive
The pomelo is so sweet.
It's better to say that in a context where you are giving a consequence,
eg The pomelo is so sweet that I can only eat one.
Clive
The pomelo is big and so sweet.
Tell me the consequence of its being so sweet.
Clive