• ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world
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      He’s not comparing her to the day. He’s saying she was beautiful back then and she’s just as beautiful 15+ years later.

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          My sibling in autism, in the English phrasiology “You’re as _ as the day I _ you”, the adjective is to be understood as applying to the subject both times (i.e. “You’re as _ as (you were on) the day I _ you”).

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      “The day I lost you” is an adjective (edit: wait, adverb?) phrase here, not a noun phrase. But either would be grammatically correct, so you can (at most) say it’s ambiguous.