...like bees to a honey pot
"He created the populist movement, UKIP, which attracts racists, bigots and white supremacists like bees to a honey pot." (From The Guardian readers' forum.)
There is something odd with the structure of the sentence above but I can't put my finger on it.
Is there something wrong with grammar or semantics there?
Top answer
He created [x], which attracts [y], like bees to a honey pot. No, there's nothing wrong that I can see. The only confusion could come from the list not having a comma after it, but if you do, it could also confuse the flow of the sentence in another way.
- He created [x], which attracts [y], like bees to a honey pot.
- No, there's nothing wrong that I can see.
- The only confusion could come from the list not having a comma after it, but if you do, it could also confuse the flow of the sentence in another way.
- I'd leave it as it is.
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He created [x], which attracts [y], like bees to a honey pot.
No, there's nothing wrong that I can see. The only confusion could come from the list not having a comma after it, but if you do, it could also confuse the flow of the sentence in another way. I'd leave it as it is.
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