Comment on the following pair of sentences in terms of superordinates and subordinates.
A)Trees surround the water near our summer place.
B)Old elms surround the lake near our summer cabin.
It is not difficult to judge that sentence B is better than sentence A, because in the writer uses subordinates, which are concrete and precise, presenting a vivid verbal picture before the reader whereas in A the words used are superordinates, which convey only a general and vague idea.
However, this does not mean hypoayms are better than superordinates.A good piece of writing often needs both working mutually to achieve the desited effect.
