Yeah but you still used a simile, you just used one that you like more, more fitting to the time. But you’re still using a literary device to increase the clar

Yeah but you still used a simile, you just used one that you like more, more fitting to the time. But you’re still using a literary device to increase the clarity of “struggling against the abuse of language”. What these guys are arguing is that there is no use for similes. You should say: “People struggle against the abuse of language” and leave it at that.