Analogies( Homework help)

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Analogies( Homework help)

Posted: 9/9/2010 5:36:32 PM EDT

Daughter has a homework question and i can not think of a correct answer.

here is the question'

public is to private as military is to___________________

I think the answer is civialians

Posted: 9/9/2010 5:37:54 PM EDT

[#1]

mercenary?

Posted: 9/9/2010 5:37:56 PM EDT

[#2]

public and private are diametrically opposite concepts.
What's the opposite of military? I dunno...individual with a gun? Civilian?
Stupid question.

Posted: 9/9/2010 5:37:57 PM EDT

[#3]

Civilian?

Posted: 9/9/2010 5:39:48 PM EDT

[#4]

Blackwater / Xe

Posted: 9/9/2010 5:40:30 PM EDT

[#5]

civilian

Posted: 9/9/2010 5:41:02 PM EDT

[#6]

Fuck Obama

Posted: 9/9/2010 5:43:28 PM EDT

[#7]

where going with civilians.

Posted: 9/9/2010 5:44:11 PM EDT

[#8]

The answer is "fire the worthless teacher who came up with the idea to make students find similarities between opposite adjectives and opposite nouns."

Our school system is doomed if this is the best they can do.

Posted: 9/9/2010 5:46:22 PM EDT

[#9]

PMC

Posted: 9/9/2010 5:46:30 PM EDT

[#10]

militia

Posted: 9/9/2010 5:48:05 PM EDT

[#11]

Public is the opposite of private. I disagree that the opposite of military is civilian. The correct answer is hippy.

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