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Ipodmini Posted 20 years ago
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but did not occupy
Six hundred years ago, Zheng He (1371-1435), the famous navigator of the Ming Dynasty, led the then largest fleet in the world and made seven voyages to the "Western Seas," reaching more than 30 countries and regions in Asia and Africa. What he took to the places he visited were tea, chinaware, silk and technology, but did not occupy an inch of any other's land.
Is the sentence with an underline correct ?
Is the sentence with an underline correct ?
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Hi, What he took to the places he visited were tea, chinaware, silk and technology, but did not occupy an inch of any other's land. No. Say What he took to the places he visited were tea, chinaware, silk and technology.
- Hi, What he took to the places he visited were tea, chinaware, silk and technology, but did not occupy an inch of any other's land.
- No.
- Say What he took to the places he visited were tea, chinaware, silk and technology.
- H e did not occupy an inch of any other person's land.
- 'But' seems unnecessary here, because these seem like two uncontrasting sentences.
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Hi,
What he took to the places he visited were tea, chinaware, silk and technology, but did not occupy an inch of any other's land.
No. Say What he took to the places he visited were tea, chinaware, silk and technology.He did not occupy an inch of any other
What he took to the places he visited were tea, chinaware, silk and technology, but did not occupy an inch of any other's land.
No. Say What he took to the places he visited were tea, chinaware, silk and technology.He did not occupy an inch of any other
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I think here it means 'ZhengHe, or the Ming Dynasty, did not take the land as part of their empire, nor did they took those land as colony.' As a comparison, European countries occupied many land as their colony in the 14th to 20th century.
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