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.. louisthu Joined on Fri, Jan 2 2004 New Member 26 Articles

	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. maj Joined on Mon, Mar 31 2003 Senior Member 4,756

	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 suzi Joined on Wed, Jan 7 2004 Full Member 465

	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". pedant Joined on Thu, Dec 18 2003 Full Member 104

	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...." Mike in Japan Joined on Tue, Aug 19 2003 Senior Member 4,370 I do like to be beside the seaside