Personification appropriateness

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Is it appropriate to say that an inanimate object, such as a wall, can ‘perform a job‘? I thought as there is no physical task occurring, as the wall is passive, that the more correct phrase would be for it to ‘have a purpose’.

Sunnyjohn · Answer

Yes - but, as always, it depends on the context:
'That wall did a brilliant job stopping that car!'
'That paint scheme does a really good job highlighting the room.'
and so on.

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