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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Preferable
In this sentence: "that is in any case preferable to massacring other people only to end up ourselves beneath the blade of a Committee of Public Safety..." It is "preferable to massacre other people", or "preferable to end up ourselves ..."?
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" or "end up ... is preferable to massacre"?
- " or "end up ...
- is preferable to massacre"?
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"massacre is preferable to end up ..." or "end up ... is preferable to massacre"?
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The thing that is preferable is "that" (whatever it refers to).
"end up ourselves beneath the blade of a Committee of Public Safety" follows as the result of "massacring other people". "that" is preferable to this sequence of events.
"end up ourselves beneath the blade of a Committee of Public Safety" follows as the result of "massacring other people". "that" is preferable to this sequence of events.
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Neither.
You did not include the first part of the quotation, which is essential to understand it.
...at worst, we could be heading for camps and massacres as appointed victim. But to that I reply: if we weigh up the risks, that (The choice that we are massacred in camps) is in any case preferable to (us) massacring other people only (for us) to
You did not include the first part of the quotation, which is essential to understand it.
...at worst, we could be heading for camps and massacres as appointed victim. But to that I reply: if we weigh up the risks, that (The choice that we are massacred in camps) is in any case preferable to (us) massacring other people only (for us) to
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