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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
As wet as fish
Can I say,
They were as wet as fish because they played in the rain.
They were as wet as fish because they played in the rain.
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Your sentence is grammatically correct, and it makes sense; but it doesn't sound like anything we would say in English. "They were wringing wet after playing in the rain" sounds more natural.
- Your sentence is grammatically correct, and it makes sense; but it doesn't sound like anything we would say in English.
- "They were wringing wet after playing in the rain" sounds more natural.
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Your sentence is grammatically correct, and it makes sense; but it doesn't sound like anything we would say in English. "They were wringing wet after playing in the rain" sounds more natural.
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And you certainly would not want to call someone a "wet fish". That has an entirely different meaning!
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