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12-12-2008, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by KSig RC

I was using "Detroit" as representative of the auto industry as a whole - my apologies for being unclear.

It was pretty clear to me. Isn't it synecdoche or metonymy or one of those crazy 8th grade grammar words that describes how Detroit=the auto industry, much like how Hollywood=the entertainment industry?

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