wholegrain  +  552360 Fri, 08 Aug 08 02:40 AM Can we say: "He has many foreign investment markets," to mean: "He has control over many foreign investment markets"? In informal speech, in formal speech? Moreover, is "He has many foreign investment markets" a metaphor, ellipsis? What about "He took the market"? Is that a metaphor, ellipsis? wholegrain Joined on Thu, Jun 19 2008 Regular Member 534 Metaphors

	CalifJim  +  552361 Fri, 08 Aug 08 02:43 AM wholegrain “Can we say: "He has many foreign investment markets," to mean: "He has control over many foreign investment markets"?” No. I, personally, don't have any meaning to assign it.  I doubt anybody would say that, even metaphorically. He took the market is equally meaningless to me. CJ  CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,128 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche

	wholegrain  +  552362 Fri, 08 Aug 08 02:47 AM Hmmm, I don't know. I feel I heard people say that many times, but I am not sure. It would be nice if numerous persons could give their insights for this. wholegrain

	wholegrain  +  552368 Fri, 08 Aug 08 03:02 AM I found these examples on the web: Microsoft took the market with DOS not because it was superior to the alternatives (anyone remember CTOS), but because it got into the workplace. The company brought a string of innovations to the industry and quickly took the biggest share of the market. PTWs with engines of 51 to 125cc took the biggest share of the market, suggesting growing use of these smaller-engined machines by learners. Many say that Innocenti was intent on bettering Piaggio with their vespa models which took the biggest share of the market. In terms of tonne-km, non-incumbents took the biggest share of the market in Sweden. Although, the latter examples has "market share" as object, but since the latter or the former both illustrate the same point, I don't think it is worth mentioning, although taking the market in its entirety is an overstatement. wholegrain

	wholegrain  +  552377 Fri, 08 Aug 08 03:24 AM Hmmm, why don't more people respond to my questions? Is it because they don't make any sense or something like that? wholegrain