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Andrei Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
Microcosom
This patient is a microcosom revealing the extent of AIDS has spread through in that particular village.
Could a doctor or any other medical personal says the above?
Could a doctor or any other medical personal says the above?
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Hello Andrei A microcosm is a 'little world', 'a world in miniature'. For 'microcosm' to make sense here, AIDS would have to spread through one person in the same way that it spreads through a village. I'm not sure that would be a true analogy.
- Hello Andrei A microcosm is a 'little world', 'a world in miniature'.
- For 'microcosm' to make sense here, AIDS would have to spread through one person in the same way that it spreads through a village.
- I'm not sure that would be a true analogy.
- A doctor might say it, but it wouldn't really be a correct use of 'microcosm'!
- ) MrP
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Hello Andrei
A microcosm is a 'little world', 'a world in miniature'.
For 'microcosm' to make sense here, AIDS would have to spread through one
person in the same way that it spreads through a village. I'm not sure that would
be a true analogy.
A doctor might say it, but it wouldn't really be a correct use of 'microcosm'!
(One small adjustment: t
A microcosm is a 'little world', 'a world in miniature'.
For 'microcosm' to make sense here, AIDS would have to spread through one
person in the same way that it spreads through a village. I'm not sure that would
be a true analogy.
A doctor might say it, but it wouldn't really be a correct use of 'microcosm'!
(One small adjustment: t
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