Re: shifting usage of "want"

I'd say rather the beer tastes not, because it has no taste buds. :).
I think the English version needs an adjective in there somewhere...
Saying something "tastes" is neither positive nor negative by itself
(even though "tasty" is a positive adjective), but requires a "good"
or "bad", or something more specific (hoppy, bitter, sweet, etc.).

Surprised that the incomplete "though" tag seemed funny to so many of
you... Iml it's perhaps a bit stilted, but perfectly grammatical.



On 4/18/08, Henrik Theiling <theiling@...> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> René Uittenbogaard writes:
> > 2008/4/16, David J. Peterson <dedalvs@...>:
> >> Rene:
> >>  <<
> >>  Some kind of dirty shortcut, if you ask me.
> >>  >>
> >>
> >>  A dirty shortcut indeed!  Wow, what fascinating examples!
> >>  You know what would be interesting is some examples that
> >>  are ungrammatical, if you can dream some up.
> >
> > Well, to be honest, they all sound quite ungrammatical to me, except
> > the original usage where "want" is followed by a complete main clause.
>
> The same happens in German, BTW.  With 'weil'.  Sounds very lazy to
> me, but not ungrammatical:
>
>     Das Bier schmeckt nicht, weil    zu  kalt.
>     The beer tastes   not    because too cold.
>
> **Henrik
>
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