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Jackson6612 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

some portion of country X was acceded (=joined)...

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0Hi Jackson, interesting question. 02br 02br 00But actually "accession" is "agreeing to" eg the constitution and thereby joining in the combining of states or nation-states. 02br 02br 00Can this be what you're talking about?

— Avangi

  • 0Hi Jackson, interesting question.
  • 02br 02br 00But actually "accession" is "agreeing to" eg the constitution and thereby joining in the combining of states or nation-states.
  • 02br 02br 00Can this be what you're talking about?
  • This is not a simple issue.
  • A lot of great minds disagreed about the whole concept during the American civil war.
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0Hi Jackson, interesting question. I don't know the answer.02br
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00We talk about the right of secession as the right to break away, so since accession is the opposite, you'd think it would be the right to join.02br
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00But actually "accession" is "agreeing to" eg the constitution and thereby joining in the combining of states or nation-states. Sec
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0 Avangi, thanks a lot for the reply. You are correct about the country is 01i00annexed to02i00 not 01i00acceded to02i00. 0-
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