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Expression: Like a rebel

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The followed by present participle | 'Have somebody wait' vs 'Have somebody waiting'

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#1 (permalink) Tue Jul 04, 2006 12:26 pm Expression: Like a rebel

Hi 1-He is like a rebel. Could I call it a simile or just a simple comparison? Tom

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#2 (permalink) Tue Jul 04, 2006 12:47 pm Expression: Like a rebel

Hi,Tom. It's an ordinary comparison. In simile two things compared belong to an entire different classes of things. She is like a bird(simile) He is like his father(comparison)

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