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From: "alexander koryagin" <koryagin@newmail.ru>

F2EP
Hi, mark lewis! How are you?
on Saturday, 28 of July, I read your message to alexander koryagin
about "smelled like horse"

 ak>> In Golden's "Arthas: Rise of the Lich King" I read:

 ak>> [Arthas was indeed sweaty and knew he smelled like horse.]

 ak>> Why on earth it is not "smelled like a horse"? ;-)

 ml> substitution comes in again...

 ml> which of the following is (more) correct?

 ml> Arthas was indeed sweaty and knew he smelled like fecal material.

 ml> Arthas was indeed sweaty and knew he smelled like a fecal material.

IMHO, there are no articles before substances, unless you use "a piece of...."

 ml> but, to be honest, i think it is more "poetic license"... perhaps the
 ml> author is trying to show that the smell of one horse doesn't cover
 ml> it... a crowd of smelly horses smells like... well... horse 

Well... In short, a grammatically correct phrase would have been too awkward in
 this situation. 

[...A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience]
Bye mark!
Alexander (yAlexKo[]yandex.ru) + 2:5020/2140.91
fido7.english-tutor 2012 


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