The cake tastes of chocolate.

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metal56
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The cake tastes of chocolate.

Post by metal56 » Tue Dec 27, 2005 11:31 pm

On another forum, there's a guy from Saskatchewan claiming that he has never heard the second example in each of these pairs:

The cake tastes like chocolate.

The cake tastes of chocolate.

You smell like fish.

You smell of fish.

He claims that in Western Canada, "noun/pronoun + smells/tastes of..." is never used.

If there are any Canadians here, could they please comment on that?

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