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Well, #3 references food for sure but people don't use metaphors as it is across industries. I don't "eat" movies and shows rather watch it. So, in my opinion a

Well, #3 references food for sure but people don't use metaphors as it is across industries. I don't "eat" movies and shows rather watch it. So, in my opinion at least, it should be all-you-can-watch. In case of #4, it's just slightly unusual grammar? It should be - range of appliances doesn't make a smart home rather than range of appliances doesn't a smart home make. English is not my native language but the article was still a painful read.

totalZero 9y ago
#4 is correct. It's a figure of speech. https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/90141/a-doesnt-a-good-make https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/90141/a-doesnt-a-goo...
rahimnathwani 9y ago
"English is not my native language" English *is" my native language. I assure you both #3 and #4 follow accepted usage patterns. Examples of #4: https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/one_swallow_does_not_a_summer_make https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/one_swallow_does_not_a_summ... Example of #3: http://support.three.co.uk/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBISAPI.DLL?Command=New,Kb=Mobile,Ts=Mobile,T=Article,varset_cat=internetapps,varset_subcat=3583,Case=obj(3833) http://support.three.co.uk/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBISAPI.DLL?Command... "but people don't use metaphors as it is across industries" When I was in primary (elementary) school, I was taught that a simile is when you say 'x is like y' and a metaphor is when you say 'x is [an example of] y' even when it's not literally true. (Back then, the word 'literally' meant something like 'technically correct', although I understand that its meaning has changed now.)