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The person metaphor works if you consider the purpose instead of the individual. There has been a mayor of New York since the mid 1600s, though the individual
by knome 13y ago
The person metaphor works if you consider the purpose instead of the individual.
There has been a mayor of New York since the mid 1600s, though the individual fulfilling that role has changed regularly.
Similarly, there has been a bridge on this stretch of gorge for some time, though the expanse must be replaced regularly.
- mc32 13y agoYes, but the 'bridge,' in this case, is more akin to the mayor not the mayorship. It's more like a house blown over in a hurricane. It gets rebuilt, but the land and foundation and some other infrastructure might be re-used --it's still not the 'old house' --it's the re-built house.