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Is the following ungrammatical expression common in speech?

English Language & Usage Asked on November 27, 2020

Don’t be ashamed. It was cute, like a shy teenager.

I’m not very sure if this is a grammatical mistake, but I think the correct version would look like this:

Don’t be ashamed. It was cute, you were/acted like a shy teenager.

Is this a common mistake/omission in speech (by native English speakers)?

One Answer

This is not an ungrammatical expression. The sentence is a combination of the phrases "It was cute" and "It was like a shy teenager".

One could consider this a case of unclear pronoun reference, which would generally be considered more of a stylistic than grammatical error.

Correct answer by augurar on November 27, 2020

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