Tuesday, January 26, 2010

English Usage - analogous.

Strictly speaking, analogous should not be used merely as a supposedly stylish synonym for similar. It means ‘comparable in certain respects’, especially where the analogy makes the nature of the things compared clearer: they saw the relationship between a ruler and his subjects as analogous to that of father and children. As in the example just shown, the preposition to use with analogous is to, rather than with.
Analogous is pronounced with a hard g.
For Scientific english editing and Medical Writing Services visitwww.manuscriptedit.com

No comments:

Post a Comment