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[ajuma]

Which is correct: I like talking to her because she's ........ to talk to.

a) happy b) glad c) delighted d) pleasant


Of course the answer is D, but....WHY???? The best I could come up with is that happy, glad and delighted are emotions...but...????

[J.B. Clamence]

Well, that's exactly it. In the sentence, you want to describe her from your own perspective, not how she is feeling. Pleasant describes how you see her. Happy, glad, and delighted all describe how she may be feeling, which is not what the sentence is about.

[Lizara]

Here's my attempt:

"she's _______ to talk to" - this part of the sentence isn't about her, it's about what it's like to talk to her. She isn't the subject of the sentence, and neither are you, so using an emotion like "happy" or "glad" makes no sense in that context. "It's happy to talk to her" - no. "It's pleasant to talk to her." - yes. "Delightful" would work, but not "delighted." If you were going to use an emotional word, you'd have to make yourself the subject and then talk about your feelings about talking to her, e.g., "I'm happy to talk to her."

but I'm guessing there are people around here who might be able to give a more technical explanation than I can.

[Zyzyfer]

Delighted is a verb, which takes that off the list. Between the other three (all adjectives), the definition of each word is different. It's not really a grammar issue, but more of a definition issue, which others have already clarified.

If you don't get it offhand, pop over to dictionary.com and take a peek at the definition of each word.

[ajuma]

Zyzyfer: sorry to do the real reality thing, but from m-w.com:

[agraham]

[waggo]

That looks like present perfect to me!!

[Pyongshin Sangja]

[J.B. Clamence]