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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
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1.In the above sentence, does "government" mean The group of people with the authority to govern a country or state, or does it denote the system by which a state or community is governed?

2.In the above sentence, does "shall" mean an auxiliary to make the future tense, or does it denote an auxiliary to indicate compulsion, now esp in official documents?
  

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In the above sentence, does "government" mean The group of people with the authority to govern a country or state, or does it denote the system by which a state or community is governed? The system. In the above sentence, does "shall" mean an auxiliary to make the future tense, or does it denote an auxiliary to indicate compulsion, now esp in official documents?

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  • In the above sentence, does "government" mean The group of people with the authority to govern a country or state, or does it denote the system by which a state or community is governed?
  • The system.
  • In the above sentence, does "shall" mean an auxiliary to make the future tense, or does it denote an auxiliary to indicate compulsion, now esp in official documents?
  • 'Compulsion'.
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Anonymous1.In the above sentence, does "government" mean The group of people with the authority to govern a country or state, or does it denote the system by which a state or community is governed?
The system.
Anonymous2.In the above sentence, does "shall" mean an auxiliary to make the future tense, or does it denote an auxiliary to ind
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