Is the “as if” in this sentence correct? I don’t think the right terms were used, it doesn’t sound...
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Emotions stay locked away, as if an animal stuck in a barn.
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No. It is not correct.
– Kris
yesterday
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No. It is not correct.
– Kris
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No. It is not correct.
– Kris
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No. It is not correct.
– Kris
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It's grammatically correct (elliptical for "Emotions stay locked away, as if they were an animal stuck in a barn.") but unusual: more usual would be "Emotions stay locked away, like an animal stuck in a barn.".
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Even if interpreting it elliptically, there is subject-verb disagreement. It should be emotions stay locked away, as if animals stuck in a barn. (Your own revision suffers from the same problem.)
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
@JasonBassford huh? That's not subject-verb disagreement, it's disagreement between the two parts of a metaphor. And that's fine. "They dance like Travolta" and "They dance like Travoltas" are both perfectly reasonable sentences.
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It's grammatically correct (elliptical for "Emotions stay locked away, as if they were an animal stuck in a barn.") but unusual: more usual would be "Emotions stay locked away, like an animal stuck in a barn.".
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msh210
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Even if interpreting it elliptically, there is subject-verb disagreement. It should be emotions stay locked away, as if animals stuck in a barn. (Your own revision suffers from the same problem.)
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
@JasonBassford huh? That's not subject-verb disagreement, it's disagreement between the two parts of a metaphor. And that's fine. "They dance like Travolta" and "They dance like Travoltas" are both perfectly reasonable sentences.
– msh210
19 hours ago
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It's grammatically correct (elliptical for "Emotions stay locked away, as if they were an animal stuck in a barn.") but unusual: more usual would be "Emotions stay locked away, like an animal stuck in a barn.".
answered yesterday
msh210
3,48211642
Even if interpreting it elliptically, there is subject-verb disagreement. It should be emotions stay locked away, as if animals stuck in a barn. (Your own revision suffers from the same problem.)
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
@JasonBassford huh? That's not subject-verb disagreement, it's disagreement between the two parts of a metaphor. And that's fine. "They dance like Travolta" and "They dance like Travoltas" are both perfectly reasonable sentences.
– msh210
19 hours ago
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up vote
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up vote
-1
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It's grammatically correct (elliptical for "Emotions stay locked away, as if they were an animal stuck in a barn.") but unusual: more usual would be "Emotions stay locked away, like an animal stuck in a barn.".
answered yesterday
msh210
3,48211642
It's grammatically correct (elliptical for "Emotions stay locked away, as if they were an animal stuck in a barn.") but unusual: more usual would be "Emotions stay locked away, like an animal stuck in a barn.".
answered yesterday
msh210
3,48211642
answered yesterday
msh210
3,48211642
answered yesterday
msh210
3,48211642
answered yesterday
msh210
3,48211642
3,48211642
Even if interpreting it elliptically, there is subject-verb disagreement. It should be emotions stay locked away, as if animals stuck in a barn. (Your own revision suffers from the same problem.)
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
@JasonBassford huh? That's not subject-verb disagreement, it's disagreement between the two parts of a metaphor. And that's fine. "They dance like Travolta" and "They dance like Travoltas" are both perfectly reasonable sentences.
– msh210
19 hours ago
add a comment |
Even if interpreting it elliptically, there is subject-verb disagreement. It should be emotions stay locked away, as if animals stuck in a barn. (Your own revision suffers from the same problem.)
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
@JasonBassford huh? That's not subject-verb disagreement, it's disagreement between the two parts of a metaphor. And that's fine. "They dance like Travolta" and "They dance like Travoltas" are both perfectly reasonable sentences.
– msh210
19 hours ago
Even if interpreting it elliptically, there is subject-verb disagreement. It should be emotions stay locked away, as if animals stuck in a barn. (Your own revision suffers from the same problem.)
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
Even if interpreting it elliptically, there is subject-verb disagreement. It should be emotions stay locked away, as if animals stuck in a barn. (Your own revision suffers from the same problem.)
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
@JasonBassford huh? That's not subject-verb disagreement, it's disagreement between the two parts of a metaphor. And that's fine. "They dance like Travolta" and "They dance like Travoltas" are both perfectly reasonable sentences.
– msh210
19 hours ago
@JasonBassford huh? That's not subject-verb disagreement, it's disagreement between the two parts of a metaphor. And that's fine. "They dance like Travolta" and "They dance like Travoltas" are both perfectly reasonable sentences.
– msh210
19 hours ago
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No. It is not correct.
– Kris
yesterday