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sejpdw
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 Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:55 pm Post subject: bite |
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1. He took a bite of delicious apple pie, and the taste was beyond words.
2. He bit a bite of delicious apple pie, and the taste was beyond words.
Q: a) Is #2 grammatically right?
b) If a) is true, are the meanings of #1 and #2 the same? |
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Bob S.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 9:52 am Post subject: Re: bite |
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| sejpdw wrote: |
1. He took a bite of delicious apple pie, and the taste was beyond words.
2. He bit a bite of delicious apple pie, and the taste was beyond words.
Q: a) Is #2 grammatically right?
b) If a) is true, are the meanings of #1 and #2 the same? |
While it is technically grammatically correct (and does mean the same thing), a native speaker would not say it because "to bite a bite" is redundant and sounds odd.
...unless you were trying to create a tongue twister:
Bobbie bit a bite of bitter blueberry bagel batter. 
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