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Ccdan Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Are dolls made "after" someone .. or?

Consider the following text:

X: She looks like a doll!
Y: No, it's the dolls that are being made after her!

Is "after" the correct term in this context?
How about "it's the dolls" (it + plural)

Thanks!
  

Top answer

The dialog is correct. What this means is: X: She's so very pretty. She looks like a beautiful doll.

— Anonymous

  • The dialog is correct.
  • What this means is: X: She's so very pretty.
  • She looks like a beautiful doll.
  • Y: No, she looks like a beautiful doll because doll makers modeled their dolls based on ("after") her beautiful looks.
  • It's actually the dolls that look like her.
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The dialog is correct. What this means is:

X: She's so very pretty. She looks like a beautiful doll.

Y: No, she looks like a beautiful doll because doll makers modeled their dolls based on ("after") her beautiful looks. It's actually the dolls that look like her.
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