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milkmanjenkins · 14/02/2022 13:04

Is 'whiter than milk' a simile?
I know it's not a metaphor and a simile is usually 'as' or 'like, but it's still comparison?
help plz

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bonfireheart · 14/02/2022 13:04

Comparative adjective?

milkmanjenkins · 14/02/2022 13:05

@bonfireheart

Comparative adjective?
just googled it and it says that applies to nouns
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HereIfYouNeedMe · 14/02/2022 13:05

Does it not depend if it is actually whiter than milk or not? If it's not, it's a metaphor?

milkmanjenkins · 14/02/2022 13:05

i dont want to fail english :(

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milkmanjenkins · 14/02/2022 13:06

@HereIfYouNeedMe

Does it not depend if it is actually whiter than milk or not? If it's not, it's a metaphor?
actually it might be
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bonfireheart · 14/02/2022 13:06

Milk is the noun and whatever you're comparing the milk to is a noun too?

DysmalRadius · 14/02/2022 13:12

Are you describing something white e.g my legs are whiter than milk, or something more abstract, e.g he was such an innocent, whiter than milk?

milkmanjenkins · 14/02/2022 13:14

@DysmalRadius

Are you describing something white e.g my legs are whiter than milk, or something more abstract, e.g he was such an innocent, whiter than milk?
It's like 'but for acres round us the sea was whiter than milk'
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DysmalRadius · 14/02/2022 13:32

In that case it's a comparative simile - the sea isn't milk, you are likening it to milk, using a comparative adjective.

E.g the sea was as white as milk - simile
The sea was whiter than milk - comparative simile

milkmanjenkins · 14/02/2022 13:40

oohh wait i get it now

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milkmanjenkins · 14/02/2022 13:40

thank you i get it now

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DysmalRadius · 14/02/2022 14:02

Happy to help - it's weird how we know how to use all these constructions, but when you have to give them names it all seems super complicated!

If you fancy an interesting read, the order of adjectives is another one that we all use all the time without thinking about it, but when you read the 'rules' they seem super confusing.

E.g if you said 'look at that brown, big, lovely dog', it sounds really weird because we all know that opinion comes before size and size comes before colour when describing things even though most of us don't actually realise we know it!

dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/adjectives-order

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