ask two questions: (1) Which sentence is most “correct”? and (2) Which sentence do they like the “best”? I have smelled what suntan lotion smells like spread over 21000 pounds of hot flesh. I have smelled what suntan lotion smells like spread over 21000 pounds of hot skin. I have smelled suntan lotion spread over 21000 pounds of hot flesh. Again, just about universally, students agree that sentence three is the most “correct” sentence. The repetition of “smelled” and “smells like” just seems “wrong.” And they’re right, I suppose, but when I ask them which sentence they like best, somewhere
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