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Wholegrain Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

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Can we say: "He has many foreign investment markets,"

to mean: "He has control over many foreign investment markets"?

In informal speech, in formal speech?

Moreover, is "He has many foreign investment markets" a metaphor, ellipsis?

What about "He took the market"? Is that a metaphor, ellipsis?
  

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wholegrain Can we say: "He has many foreign investment markets," to mean: "He has control over many foreign investment markets"? No. I, personally, don't have any meaning to assign it.

— CalifJim

  • wholegrain Can we say: "He has many foreign investment markets," to mean: "He has control over many foreign investment markets"?
  • No.
  • I, personally, don't have any meaning to assign it.
  • I doubt anybody would say that, even metaphorically.
  • He took the market is equally meaningless to me.
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wholegrainCan we say: "He has many foreign investment markets,"

to mean: "He has control over many foreign investment markets"?
No. I, personally, don't have any meaning to assign it. I doubt anybody would say that, even metaphorically.
He took the market is equally meaningless to me.
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Hmmm, I don't know. I feel I heard people say that many times, but I am not sure. It would be nice if numerous persons could give their insights for this.
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I found these examples on the web:

Microsoft took the market with DOS not because it was superior to the alternatives (anyone remember CTOS), but because it got into the workplace.

The company brought a string of innovations to the industry and quickly took the biggest share of the market.

PTWs with engines of 51 to 125cc took the biggest share of the market, suggesting
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Hmmm, why don't more people respond to my questions? Is it because they don't make any sense or something like that?
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