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Vincent Teo Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
As tough as / as hard as / as soft as leather
Can I say,
The piece of chicken is as tough as / as hard as / as soft as leather.
The piece of chicken is as tough as / as hard as / as soft as leather.
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Why not? As ... as ...
- Why not?
- As ...
- as ...
- is a common construction
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skifAs ... as ... is a common constructionYes, it is, but ...
... would you use the word "hard" to describe a piece of meat? (I was taught that it's "tough meat", not "hard meat")
... would you say that the meat is "as soft as leather"? (I wouldn't. Leather, in association with meat, makes me
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I suppose we shouldn't reduce the scope of persivability(I mean that we shouldn't use the stereotypes of thinking trying to fit everything in defined framework of our understanding).
"as soft as leather" - why not? I suppose something like that can be written in a fiction deliberately
As somebody wrote: "Belief in limitations gives a birth to a limited peopl
"as soft as leather" - why not? I suppose something like that can be written in a fiction deliberately
As somebody wrote: "Belief in limitations gives a birth to a limited peopl
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