Hello, Vladimir, this combination has not yet been codified in major pronunciation dictionaries, perhaps due to the narrowness of its use outside technical areas; therefore, we should resort to analogy. Thus, acronyms of a similar type

Miller Analogies Test Never heard of it, so it can't be that important! You're probably better off without it! CJ

And it's pronounced as two syllables, if I'm not mistaken. I thought I would set your mind at ease by providing the minor premise in your syllogism. CJ I've never been very good with syllogisms. And I virtually

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

Well, reading your comments, my own, and looking it up in a dictionary, there seem to be two major uses for by . 1) The first and most frequent use is that it specifies the means or manner in which something is accomplished. When you say the

write a poem using at least 2 analogies

Unfolding events in Iraq have prompted some observers to make analogies to the American experience in the Vietnam War. The United States has, they argue, stumbled into another overseas "quagmire" from which there is no easy or cheap

Question: what's the meaning of cologne? Hello. In this context it means scent/smell/stench/etc. The sentence can also be written: "Even from the street, I could pick up the six-month-old scent of charred wood and grinding damp where

Similes are a form of mataphor. He is as strong as an ox. That's a simile. This link may answer all the questions on the topic. http://www.copyblogger.com/metaphor-simile-and-analogy-what%E2%80%99s-the-difference/ Metaphor A

I'm looking for a good example for an analogy that I hope to use. Please help!