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**Kissntell** · 09-12-2011, 08:44 PM

But a comparison by the very definition points out similarities or differences thus one could legitimately compare apples and oranges. :-)

Her linguistic tool was the Simile, which is what you use when you compare the similarities of dissimilar objects. In other words, you use a simile when you want to show how two dissimilar objects have similarities. If she had done so, she would have compared Apples to Apples, with the Apples being the similarities between the two dissimilar objects.

In her case, she failed to show the similarities between the two dissimilar objects, so her usage of the Simile form was faulty. Thus, Apples to Oranges.

09-12-2011, 08:44 PM	#19
Kissntell Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 576 Senior Member	But a comparison by the very definition points out similarities or differences thus one could legitimately compare apples and oranges. :-) Her linguistic tool was the Simile, which is what you use when you compare the similarities of dissimilar objects. In other words, you use a simile when you want to show how two dissimilar objects have similarities. If she had done so, she would have compared Apples to Apples, with the Apples being the similarities between the two dissimilar objects. In her case, she failed to show the similarities between the two dissimilar objects, so her usage of the Simile form was faulty. Thus, Apples to Oranges.
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