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SweetFreedom Posted 11 years ago
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Treatment similar to that accorded the inhabitants of Nanjing?
Should "treatment similar to that accorded the inhabitants of Nanjing" be "treating them similar to that accorded the inhabitants of Nanjing"?
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Practically the same situation existed in all the communities within 200 li(about 66 miles)of Nanjing.
The population had fled into the countryside in an attempt to escape from the Japanese soldiers.In places they had grouped themselves into fugitive camps.
The Japanese captured many of these camps and visited upon the fugitives treatment similar to that accorded the inhabitants of Nanjing. --- From Judgement of the International Military Tribunal
More:
http://www.nj1937.org/en/2014-08/28/c_133600646_18.htm
Context:
Practically the same situation existed in all the communities within 200 li(about 66 miles)of Nanjing.
The population had fled into the countryside in an attempt to escape from the Japanese soldiers.In places they had grouped themselves into fugitive camps.
The Japanese captured many of these camps and visited upon the fugitives treatment similar to that accorded the inhabitants of Nanjing. --- From Judgement of the International Military Tribunal
More:
http://www.nj1937.org/en/2014-08/28/c_133600646_18.htm
Top answer
No. The original is correct.
- No.
- The original is correct.
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Thanks.
But what does "visited upon the fugitives treatment" mean? Visited upon treatment? Failed to get it.
But what does "visited upon the fugitives treatment" mean? Visited upon treatment? Failed to get it.
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If you visit something on someone, the broad idea is that you cause something to happen to someone. You usually do this for revenge or retribution or punishment.
eg *** visited a plague of locusts on the Egyptians for enslaving the Hebrews..
It's an unusual, dramatic an
eg *** visited a plague of locusts on the Egyptians for enslaving the Hebrews..
It's an unusual, dramatic an
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