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08/01/2012 11:16:36 PM · #1 |
Originally posted by skewsme:
Originally posted by mike_311:
Originally posted by craigdm:
Got an idea that technically works much better as a metaphor, but I can reword the title as a simile if I must. Are all the grammar police going to ding me if I don't use "like" or "as" in the title? |
fwiw, I'll be voting harshly if its not a simile. |
like an [ad hominem attack]
:-) <--look, a simile face! |
+1 |
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08/01/2012 10:27:40 PM · #2 |
Originally posted by skewsme:
Originally posted by mike_311:
Originally posted by craigdm:
Got an idea that technically works much better as a metaphor, but I can reword the title as a simile if I must. Are all the grammar police going to ding me if I don't use "like" or "as" in the title? |
fwiw, I'll be voting harshly if its not a simile. |
like an [ad hominem attack]
:-) <--look, a simile face! |
someone needs to keep the people on their toes. |
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08/01/2012 10:13:17 PM · #3 |
| Was it just me or did anyone else first read the challenge as a SMILEY FACE challenge...thinking that smiley was just spelled incorrectly maybe. |
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08/01/2012 10:09:51 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by mike_311:
Originally posted by craigdm:
Got an idea that technically works much better as a metaphor, but I can reword the title as a simile if I must. Are all the grammar police going to ding me if I don't use "like" or "as" in the title? |
fwiw, I'll be voting harshly if its not a simile. |
like an [ad hominem attack]
:-) <--look, a simile face! |
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08/01/2012 10:04:25 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by posthumous:
96% of the voters won't know the difference. I promise that I won't discriminate against metaphors. |
Don, here's your chance to illustrate "revved up like a deuce," better not miss it. |
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08/01/2012 10:02:27 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by craigdm:
Got an idea that technically works much better as a metaphor, but I can reword the title as a simile if I must. Are all the grammar police going to ding me if I don't use "like" or "as" in the title? |
fwiw, I'll be voting harshly if its not a simile. |
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08/01/2012 09:19:28 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by posthumous:
96% of the voters won't know the difference. I promise that I won't discriminate against metaphors. |
for shame... what if the the next challenge is "metaphor"? ;-)
i think you should keep with the actual definition and required content/form of the word "simile"
-m |
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08/01/2012 12:30:15 PM · #8 |
| 96% of the voters won't know the difference. I promise that I won't discriminate against metaphors. |
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08/01/2012 12:13:33 PM · #9 |
| Got an idea that technically works much better as a metaphor, but I can reword the title as a simile if I must. Are all the grammar police going to ding me if I don't use "like" or "as" in the title? |
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