Is "Love of beauty is taste" natural English? Is the word taste used properly here?

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Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is Art.

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@oristarA,

oristarA wrote:

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Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is Art.

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Is "Love of beauty is taste" natural English?

No.
Maybe: Love of beauty is tasteful or Love of beauty is in good taste.

David

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I don't agree with the sentiment, but as English, it's fine.

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@OmSigDAVID,

OmSigDAVID wrote:

oristarA wrote:

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Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is Art.

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Is "Love of beauty is taste" natural English?
No.
Maybe: Love of beauty is tasteful or Love of beauty is in good taste.

David

Good opinion, Dave.
But it does not rhyme with the second sentence: The creation of beauty is Art.

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@oristarA,

I 'm not a big rhymer.
I did not know that was an operative criterion.

David

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Rhyming had nothing to do with it. You were just plain wrong.

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@Setanta,

HOW ?

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You said no in response to the question of whether or not the locution is natural English, in response to the question of whether or not the word taste is used properly in that locution. You were wrong.

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@Setanta,

Setanta wrote:

You said no in response to the question of whether or not the locution is natural English,
in response to the question of whether or not the word taste is used properly in that locution. You were wrong.

Nonsense. I 'll stand by what I said.
That 'd be un-natural in ordinary parlance
among native speakers of English. Its awkward, at best.

David

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@OmSigDAVID,

Of coures you will, little Miss Can't Be Wrong. You have no business answering such questions.

What is taste?

The love of beauty is taste.

Perfectly acceptable and natural English.

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@Setanta,

Setanta wrote:

Of coures you will, little Miss Can't Be Wrong.

That is CLASSIC PROJECTION!
It does not get more stark than that !

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Your ineptitude in the English language certainly could not be more starkly expressed than in your response to this question.

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@Setanta,

I 'm not going to fall into a long dialog
on the subject. I 've had my say.

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@OmSigDAVID,

Yes, and you were wrong.

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In the sentence quoted, the word 'taste' is an uncountable noun. It means "aesthetic discernment". It is being used absolutely properly.

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@Setanta,

Setanta wrote:

Yes, and you were wrong.

This is from the poster
who said:

Ms. Setanta wrote:

Of coures [sic] you will, little Miss Can't Be Wrong. . . .

mildly humorous; very mildly (but harmless)

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@OmSigDAVID,

I thought you weren't going to "fall into" a long dialog, and that you had had your say. Mildly humorous.

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@Setanta,

Setanta wrote:

I thought you weren't going to "fall into" a long dialog,
and that you had had your say. Mildly humorous.

Yes. I 'm not, but u tickled me a little.

David

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@OmSigDAVID,

You tickle me a lot with the f*cked up way you write English. Then you have the gall to put yourself forward for your opinion on English usage. That's a real knee-slapper.

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@Setanta,

Thanx for your opinion.
I was wondering about that.

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