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Tasty and tasteful

so we use tasty to describe food however I would not say oh I had a burger from McDonald's yesterday it was so tasteful no yes it was full of taste and it was very enjoyable it...

Course: Clear and accurate EnglishSection: Commonly confused adjectivesSubtitles: en

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tastes good

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so we use tasty to describe food however

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I would not say oh I had a burger from

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McDonald's yesterday it was so tasteful

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no yes it was full of taste and it was

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very enjoyable it was not tasteful it

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was tasty now when I say I had a really

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tasteful Burger yesterday does it sound

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really wrong or does it sound

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acceptable for many people it does sound

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acceptable but it is wrong so you have

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to be careful when when you're using

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these similar adjectives tasteful and

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tasty as your first

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example exhausted and

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exhaustive I ran a marathon on Saturday

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afterwards I was exhausted meaning I was

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really really

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tired uh the police carried out an

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exhaustive search for the

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criminal exhaustive meaning without

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giving up looking everywhere and trying

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everything going down every Avenue you

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could say so again two adjectives which

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are very very similar but with different

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meaning exhausted meaning physically

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tired exhaustive meaning looking at

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every

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option childlike and childish okay now

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if I describe

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