Re: shifting usage of "want"

Or perhaps

    The beer has no taste because too cold.

It's somewhat awkward but still acceptable.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...>
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 8:10 AM
>
> 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:
>>
>> 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.