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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
metapors
we always hear of similies using "like" and "as" but is the word "than" in that category too or does it become a metaphor? His face was uglier than a gorilla?
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Anonymous His face was uglier than a gorilla? Also, gorilla's , which you probably meant. As it turns out the words in this sentence are all meant to be taken literally, and there is no "like" or "as", so it's not a metaphor and it's not a simile, as far as I know.
- Anonymous His face was uglier than a gorilla?
- Also, gorilla's , which you probably meant.
- As it turns out the words in this sentence are all meant to be taken literally, and there is no "like" or "as", so it's not a metaphor and it's not a simile, as far as I know.
- I've never heard of "than" being a signal of any particular figure of speech.
- That seems very unlikely.
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AnonymousHis face was uglier than a gorilla?Also, gorilla's, which you probably meant.
As it turns out the words in this sentence are all meant to be taken literally, and there is no "like" or "as", so it's not a metaphor and it's not a simile, as far as I know. I've never heard of "than" being a signal of any particular figure of speech. Th
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