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Grape lime 56 Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

Meaning of the sentence

Hi there!

I’ve struggled with understanding a sentence, expecially meaning of the one part of it:

Alexander the Great conquered the ancient world in far less time then it took two countries that claim his mantle to agree on a name for one of them. ,that claim his mantle’ What does it mean in that context?


Thanks beforehand )

  

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You quoted that wrong. " I cal that a misuse of the word "mantle". "Claim his mantle" is simply puzzling on first reading.

— Anonymous

  • You quoted that wrong.
  • " I cal that a misuse of the word "mantle".
  • "Claim his mantle" is simply puzzling on first reading.
  • The two countries, Greece and Macedonia, claim Alexander.
  • The whole sentence is confusing, but that is journalism.
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You quoted that wrong. It is "Alexander the Great conquered the ancient world in far less time than it took the two countries that claim his mantle to agree on a name for one of them."

I cal that a misuse of the word "mantle". "Claim his mantle" is simply puzzling on first reading. The two countries, Greece and Macedonia, claim Alexander. The whole sentence is confusing, bu

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