Grammar Check vs Reads Well Check (1 Viewer)

[Joe Bryant]

The bed is hard as a rock.
or
The bed is as hard as a rock.

Which one is correct?
Which one sounds/reads best?

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

I think the sounds/reads like question could be separated and probably get different results. 

Sounds best. And likely how the majority of people speak the sentence: The bed is hard as a rock.

Reads best and is grammatically correct: The bed is as hard as a rock.

IMO

 

[-OZ-]

The bed is rock hard. 

 

[joffer]

These pretzels are making me thirsty

 

[-OZ-]

These pretzels are making me thirsty

Hi thirsty. I’m dad. 

 

[Snoopy]

Hi thirsty. I’m dad. 

Hi in "Hi and Lois" comics?

 

[El Floppo]

The bed is rock hard. 

if the bed is a rockin', don't hardly come knockin'.

 

[Gally]

if the bed is a rockin', don't hardly come knockin'.

Get it right:

If the bed is a rockin', don't hardly come a knockin'

 

[Jayrod]

Like overuse of "that", the word "as" can be thrown out in this scenario without losing any meaning.  I voted "The bed is hard as a rock" for both.

Grammar as a self-aggrandizing thing is useless.  If the meaning is clear and maintains a useful organized structure I'm all for it.

The phrase "is hard as a rock" works perfectly as a stand alone simile and doesn't need the extra "as".  In fact, why use the first as?  "The bed is hard" is what you are stating, so why the need to throw "as" in there?  Completely unnecessary.

 

[AAABatteries]

With the way the English language is I'm assuming both are "correct" but I think having "as" in there twice reads gooder.

 

[-OZ-]

if the bed is a rockin', don't hardly come knockin'.

is hard, rock the bed. 

 

[Zow]

Like overuse of "that", the word "as" can be thrown out in this scenario without losing any meaning.  I voted "The bed is hard as a rock" for both.

Grammar as a self-aggrandizing thing is useless.  If the meaning is clear and maintains a useful organized structure I'm all for it.

The phrase "is hard as a rock" works perfectly as a stand alone simile and doesn't need the extra "as".  In fact, why use the first as?  "The bed is hard" is what you are stating, so why the need to throw "as" in there?  Completely unnecessary.

Because it's a simile. 

 

[Zow]

FWIW, "the bed is rock hard" is probably my preferred way to say the phrase. But if you're using the comparison and creating a simile, then an "as" needs to be included. 

 

[Osaurus]

Dawn

 

[Captain Cranks]

I'm rock hard in this bed.

 

[Juxtatarot]

I wonder if this is regional. Some areas may commonly drop the first as. 

 

[nirad3]

Dawn

Nope.  Don.

 

[El Floppo]

I wonder if this is regional. Some areas may commonly drop the first as. 

are these the generally illiterate parts of the country?

asking for a friend.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I wonder if this is regional. Some areas may commonly drop the first as. 

As they should.

 

[El Floppo]

As they should.

As they should as.

 

[El Floppo]

Like overuse of "that", the word "as" can be thrown out in this scenario without losing any meaning.  I voted "The bed is hard as a rock" for both.

Grammar as a self-aggrandizing thing is useless.  If the meaning is clear and maintains a useful organized structure I'm all for it.

The phrase "is hard as a rock" works perfectly as a stand alone simile and doesn't need the extra "as".  In fact, why use the first as?  "The bed is hard" is what you are stating, so why the need to throw "as" in there?  Completely unnecessary.

totes agree lolz.

 

[-OZ-]

It’s solid as a rock, not it’s as solid as a rock. 

 

[joffer]

Don and Dawn are totally different btw

 

[rockaction]

Get it right:

If the bed is a rockin', don't hardly come a knockin'

That's called parallelism, actually, and would be stylistically correct. 

As for the OP, it's the whole shebang. This bed is as hard as a rock is grammatically correct. You don't omit words in formal English. 

Also, ask Pip's Invitation any time you have a grammar question. 

 

[Psychopav]

In Russia, bed rock you.