Sentence:
Like Wallace Stevens, her job strikes readers as unexpected for a poet.
The error is fuzzy syntax but how do I fix this?
2006-10-15 13:13:07 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Opps, not fuzzy syntax, it's illogical comparison... too bad there is no edit button.
2006-10-15 13:18:05 · update #1
How about
Like the poet, Wallace Stevens, her job strikes readers as unexpected.
or
Like Wallace Stevens, her job as a poet strikes readers unexpectedly.
An illogical comparison omits one or more words in the sentence when comparing two things. Which words are missing for the comparison of Wallace Stevens and 'her job'? What does the poet and Wallace Stevens have in common that is unexpected?
2006-10-15 13:17:07 · answer #1 · answered by gpwarren98 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Her job strikes readers as unexpected for a poet, like Wallace Stevens.
2006-10-15 13:34:09 · answer #2 · answered by Lonetree 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wallace Stevens' job strikes readers as unexpected for a poet.
2006-10-15 13:15:52 · answer #3 · answered by Jenn 216 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Her job, like that of Wallace Stevens, strikes readers as unexpected for a poet.
2006-10-15 13:38:00 · answer #4 · answered by zaara314 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Poet Wallace Steven's job strikes readers as unexpectedly.
2006-10-15 13:17:15 · answer #5 · answered by FLORIDA 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like Wallace Stevens', her job strikes readers as unexpected for a poet.
or
Her job, like Wallace Stevens', strikes readers as unexpected for a poet.
I personally would change "unexpected" to "odd" in both.
2006-10-15 14:49:00 · answer #6 · answered by silenthavens 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Due to her being a poet, her readers as well as Wallace Stevens, did not expect her for this job.
2006-10-15 13:34:48 · answer #7 · answered by JEM 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"As it was with Wallace Stevens, her job strikes readers as unexpected for a poet." ?
2006-10-15 13:19:53 · answer #8 · answered by docmurlo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She is like Wallace Stevens in that her job is unexpectedly striking for a poet.
2006-10-15 13:22:22 · answer #9 · answered by Michelle C 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The nature of this process is similar to an x problem. However, the current, insufficient data should give more advantage to the y approach. Or you can use a semi-colon and combine the sentences.
2016-05-22 05:04:07 · answer #10 · answered by Sandra 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋