Lesson 16, Exercise 9: Mr and Mrs Scott, Part 2 of 3
Mr Scott doesn't like ANY Europeans.
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Mr Scott says the French are "not to his
particular taste". This means
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he doesn't like the French.
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he doesn't like French taste.
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he doesn't like some particular qualities about the French.
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"The French are not to my particular taste, but then, no Europeans
are, so..."
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He doesn't like any Europeans.
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He doesn't like the French, but he likes other Europeans.
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He likes the French, and he also likes other Europeans.
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Mrs Scott makes a distinction between
the northern and southern French.
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She prefers the people who live in the south of France. They are more
Mediterranean.
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She prefers the people who live in the north of France, far from the
Mediterranean.
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She has no preference.
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