Random Analogies
Currency markets
a: Currency market ~
b: a thermometer
What: The link is a somewhat dated article about the South Africa Currency. The writer makes the comparison between the value of a currency and the state of a country's economic health. The currency can then become a thermometer measuring the health of that economy. The general reasoning in the article applies to all countries now and then.
Useful?
Writer: Jim Rogers
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Where:
Date: Mar 19 2011 5:33 AM
# 827 Critique Analogy
Fashion Sewerista
a: Boston ~
b: America's Bad-Taste Storm Sewer
What: "Boston is like America's Bad-Taste Storm Sewer: all the worst fashion ideas from across the country flow there, stagnate, and putrefy."
Useful?
Writer: Dore
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: May 14 2012 1:40 PM
# 2124 Critique Analogy
a: Gerund ~
b: person whose father is a verb and
What: "I could say the Gerund is like a person whose father is a verb and mother is a noun. It takes after Dad in looks (you can clearly see a verb as its core) and after Mom in behaviour - it functions the same way nouns do, with a few exceptions.
I don't understand why you feel it so different in these sentences. We could change the gerunds for nouns:
He is used to living alone."
Useful?
Writer: Lucretia
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Where:
http://www.englishpage.net/showthread.php?11058-Shouldn%E2%80%99t-gerund-represent-an-entity-of-sort
Date: Oct 9 2013 3:12 PM
# 3899 Critique Analogy
a: photoreceptor cells ~
b: tiny cameras
What:
"How a retinal prosthesis works. Photoreceptor cells are like tiny cameras in the retina that convert light to electrical signals and send them to the brain. These cells are killed by diseases like macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa, causing loss of vision."
Useful?
Writer: Peyman Pakzaban,
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Where:
Date: Mar 11 2015 10:56 AM
# 7500 Critique Analogy
