I think it's perfectly okay to use "stress" in the physics/engineering sense when talking about people. When steel is manufactured, the process often sets up areas of stress which are retained by the finished product - clearly

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_two_cents_(idiom) " My two cents " and its longer version " put my two cents in " is an American idiomatic expression, taken from the original British idiom expression: to put in " my two

American Heritage has this to say about this ongoing triviality: Writers who use hopefully as a sentence adverb, as in Hopefully the measures will be adopted, should be aware that the usage is unacceptable to many critics, including a

I don't see where we disagree: tracks, channels, signals - they all carry the same data. I think you're just confusing tracks made at the recording session with tracks made at the editing/mixing session (post production). I'll grant

Would you be able to help me with the post directly above your previous post? Venus Williams assured the victory over her exhausted opponent, who slumped to the ground, unable to attempt a return . 2)The students ran out of the

Hyperbole is a form of overstatement used for effect in literature and conversation. As a linguistic tool it works by creating an analogy. It's common in humor, as an absurdity. It can be used as a rhetorical tool, amplifying an idea or a

Best way to learn English is by mingling with English-speaking crowd. Never be shy even if you feel your grammar or vocabulary may not be right. Just go ahead and fire your dialogues! You will then learn automatically. Everyday would be a new

I'd describe it as smaller than a small bank, employing no more than two or three people. I've never been inside one (not that I'm never hard up for cash) but I have the impression the client has access only to a counter across the

That's about right... it's close to impossible to sell a script, then a 1 in 10 chance it gets made, and then it turns out crap. But here's the problem with self production - you make the script they didn't want to buy into a

First chance I've had to download all day and I feel like I've fallen down the rabbit hole and ended up with a ringside seat at the Mad Hatter's Tea Party! Actually, that's a pretty apt analogy. And that makes "Scott