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Sergey Ivanov Posted 12 years ago
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"New Colombian Offensive Is Part of a Decades-Long Civil War"
What author means by that?
Does he mean smth like
"New Colombian Offense Is a Part of Decades-Long Civil War"?
What author means by that?
Does he mean smth like
"New Colombian Offense Is a Part of Decades-Long Civil War"?
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I have deleted the YouTube link, Sergey, as it seems quite unnecessary. However, I don't understand what worries you. "New Colombian Offensive Is Part of a Decades-Long Civil War" "New Colombian Offense Is a Part of Decades-Long Civil War" Those two headlines have the same meaning; the language differences are trivial.
- I have deleted the YouTube link, Sergey, as it seems quite unnecessary.
- However, I don't understand what worries you.
- "New Colombian Offensive Is Part of a Decades-Long Civil War" "New Colombian Offense Is a Part of Decades-Long Civil War" Those two headlines have the same meaning; the language differences are trivial.
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I have deleted the YouTube link, Sergey, as it seems quite unnecessary. However, I don't understand what worries you.
"New Colombian Offensive Is Part of a Decades-Long Civil War"
"New Colombian Offense Is a Part of Decades-Long Civil War"
Those two headlines have the same meaning; the language differences are trivial.
"New Colombian Offensive Is Part of a Decades-Long Civil War"
"New Colombian Offense Is a Part of Decades-Long Civil War"
Those two headlines have the same meaning; the language differences are trivial.
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Sergey IvanovDoes he mean smth like"New Colombian Offense Is a Part of Decades-Long Civil War"?Yes.
Perhaps you're more familiar with "offensive" as an adjective (rather than a noun), as in "an offensive remark."
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