Giant caterpillar

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Gita describes the long bus as it looks like a giant caterpillar.

Is my sentence grammatically correct? Actually it's an answer of a question. Which previously was written as "gita describes the long bus as a giant caterpillar."

I thought the latter version would be much more better than the previous one.

Jd13 · Accepted Answer

I prefer the original. 'Gita describes the (long) bus as a giant caterpillar.' is fine. The sentence means that Gita is comparing the bus to a caterpillar.

'it looks like' in your sentence feels redundant to me.

AlpheccaStars · Answer

Liton DasIs my sentence grammatically correct?

Not really. The structure is grammatical, but the meaning is not what you intend.

Gita describes the long bus as it looks like a giant caterpillar. = Gita decided to describe the long bus because to him, it looked like a giant caterpillar.

Gita describes the long bus as a giant caterpillar. = Gita compared the long bus to a giant caterpillar.

The use of "as" is different - a conjunction, where it means "because" and a preposition, where it means "like". Look at the different uses of the word "as."

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/as?q=as_1

Notes on figures of speech:

The bus crawled slowly down the street like a giant caterpillar.

This is a wonderful simile.

https://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-similes.html

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