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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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Which sentence is correct.

Need To write a sentence using a simile. Which sentence is correct:? The flowers were as yellow as the sun. OR The flowers were yellow as the sun.
  

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Anonymous The flowers were as yellow as the sun. OR The flowers were yellow as the sun. The first one is unquestionably correct.

  • Anonymous The flowers were as yellow as the sun.
  • OR The flowers were yellow as the sun.
  • The first one is unquestionably correct.
  • The second one is also correct in my opinion, but may be used casually in some cases and poetically in others.
  • You could also use it with a comma: The flowers were yellow, as [is] the sun.
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AnonymousThe flowers were as yellow as the sun. OR The flowers were yellow as the sun.
The first one is unquestionably correct.

The second one is also correct in my opinion, but may be used casually in some cases and poetically in others.

You could also use it with a comma: The flowers were yellow, as [is] the sun.

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Thanks, sounds good.

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