By Metaphors, Nouns

In my experience, "stir up" is not a common "compound noun." "Mix up" is, but doesn't fit your application.The verb usage is much more common. "He stirred up a whole bunch of crap" (pardon the vernacular). "He really stirred something up when he...

Ignore my comment about the giant. I was just trying to think of a metaphor for you. I didn't mean giant, the adjective, but giant, the noun. Your computer is a giant in its power - it's just a small size. My light brown table supports the intelligent computer system at the opposite side...

Hello Grammar Geek, thanks for helping me here! Well I don’t understand the previous post. Giant size, are you saying about speaker size I should emphasis for metaphor? My light-brown table placed on the opposite side opposite side of the bed from what? of the bed,Don't...

Hi, (1) What has sensitized me in more recent years from this metaphor is to also say to us that everyone faces storms. Sometimes, those storms come out of huge systems. They may be a tornado or an avalanche or maybe a car accident, when "there is innocence"---no control, vulnerable to...

Hello, first time user here hoping his question is relevant! I have been offered a job recently involving the use of clear/accurate english, hard copy, easily constructed sentences etc and even though my grasp of the english language is basically sound and i can string a coherent sentence...

Hi, Where you have put semi-colons, I'd usually use commas. I have also suggested some other changes to your punctuation. My general advice is not to get into the habit of using semi-colons and colons. They can often make tyour meaning more obscure rather than more clear. You seem to have a...

Hello Morningrise, I've underlined some parts you may want to look at again: Morningrise wrote: Commentary on "To Be or not to Be" In this soliloquy Hamlet sparks an internal philosophical debate on the advantages and disadvantages of existence, and whether it is one's right to end his or...

I have to write a commentary on Hamlet's most famous soliloquy; would someone point out the errors and give me suggestions for a better writing? Thank you a lot. Commentary on "To Be or not to Be"In this soliloquy Hamlet sparks an internal philosophical debate on the advantages and...

Nona The Brit wrote: You can't really extend this meaning to things such as books. It's a metaphor that is pretty strongly grounded in reality. Imagine you take part in a sport. When you finish playing you'll store the equipment - in a lot of cases by hanging it on hooks. If you stop taking...

You can't really extend this meaning to things such as books. It's a metaphor that is pretty strongly grounded in reality. Imagine you take part in a sport. When you finish playing you'll store the equipment - in a lot of cases by hanging it on hooks. If you stop taking part in that sport, then...