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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
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[But to many,] Heyerdahl was the greatest adventurer

The Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl liked to think of himself as a simple nature lover. But to many, Heyerdahl was the greatest adventurer of the twentieth century.
[Source: Reading for Results Ninth Edition by Laraine Flemming]
I'd like to know here what "but to many" means.
  

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"to many" = to many people. , many people viewed him as the greatest adventurer of the twentieth century.

  • "to many" = to many people.
  • , many people viewed him as the greatest adventurer of the twentieth century.
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"to many" = to many people.

I.e., many people viewed him as the greatest adventurer of the twentieth century.

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