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louisthu

#18814 Sat, 10 Jan 04 06:45 PM

I've found this sentence from one of the news paper articles...

Economist, a pro-trade think tank, said he expected.........

Does anybody know what "think tank" is mean????

Please help..

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maj

#18816 Sat, 10 Jan 04 06:53 PM

According to the dictionary a group of experts who are gathered to consider various problems and try to work out ways to solve them. I don't understand the context though.

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suzi

#18818 Sat, 10 Jan 04 06:58 PM

it is used to describe a crowd of specialists / experts who get together to debate issues. This must mean that the think-tank in question is a bunch of economists who are in favour of a certain sort of trade

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louisthu

#18828 Sat, 10 Jan 04 08:55 PM

thanks Maj and Suzi

Here is anoher sentence with "think tank".

"....."said Edward, trade policy director at the Prograssive Policy Institute, a centrist Democratic think thank.

Does it has the same meaning?

louisthu

pedant

#18861 Sun, 11 Jan 04 07:00 AM

The sentence "Economist, a pro-trade think tank, said he expected...." is grammatically incorrect. A think tank doesn't speak, and you wouldn't call one a "he".

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maj

#18876 Sun, 11 Jan 04 09:20 AM

The meaning of it is really difficult to understand.

maj

suzi

#18886 Sun, 11 Jan 04 11:08 AM

the secong eg means the same

suzi

pedant

#18950 Mon, 12 Jan 04 05:19 AM

A think tank is simply a group of people who research issues and/or propose solutions. There are political think tanks, technology think tanks, military think tanks, etc.

pedant

Mike in Japan

#19074 Tue, 13 Jan 04 12:17 PM

I think it should be;
"Economist, a pro-trade think tank, said IT expected...."

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