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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

use of the adjective "SEDUCTIVE"

Recently in one of India's largest circulated English daily a column writer wrote this:
A scary sci-fi scenario. And one which could have its roots in a long-ago Garden where a seductive serpent offered Eve an Apple with a capital ‘A’.

My question is..isn't the use of the word SEDUCTIVE to describe a snake is wrong especially in the context of Adam and Eve where we clearly know the serpent actually deceived..

link: http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/jugglebandhi/summing-up-thanks-to-machines-we-can-no-longer-add-two-and-two-together/
  

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isn't the use of the word SEDUCTIVE to describe a snake is wrong especially in the context of Adam and Eve where we clearly know the serpent actually deceived.. You don't have to be honest to be seductive.

— Fivejedjon

  • isn't the use of the word SEDUCTIVE to describe a snake is wrong especially in the context of Adam and Eve where we clearly know the serpent actually deceived..
  • You don't have to be honest to be seductive.
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AnonymousMy question is..isn't the use of the word SEDUCTIVE to describe a snake is wrong especially in the context of Adam and Eve where we clearly know the serpent actually deceived..
You don't have to be honest to be seductive.
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fivejedjon AnonymousMy question is..isn't the use of the word SEDUCTIVE to describe a snake is wrong especially in the context of Adam and Eve where we clearly know the serpent actually deceived..You don't have to be honest to be seductive.
Sir please tell me between "SEDUCTIVE", "DIPLOMATIC", and "DECEIVING" which option sounds correct in decreasing order of
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If you are talking about the original sentence, both 'deceiving' and 'seductive' would work, though they have different meanings.. 'Diplomatic' would be completely wrong there.
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fivejedjonIf you are talking about the original sentence, both 'deceiving' and 'seductive' would work, though they have different meanings.. 'Diplomatic' would be completely wrong there.
thank you.
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Anonymousisn't the use of the word SEDUCTIVE to describe a snake is wrong to describe a snake wrong
You have "is" at the beginning, so you don't use it again later in the same clause.

No, it's not wrong. In that story the traditional interpretation is that the snake was seductive. It's almost the
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