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Pructus Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
trying to find out "it".....
Following is the beginning part of an article. In the second paragraph, the underlined itself, what does it mean? What does the "it" refers to? Thanks in advance....
There's no question that anti-Americanism increased dramatically worldwide in the past half-decade, in part because of our muscular response to 9/11. It's also true that, since the Cold War's end, has significantly curtailed its ``public diplomacy’’ efforts to win hearts and minds overseas.
As political leaders and terrorism experts increasingly call for ``strategic communications’’ in the long war against radical extremism, our intelligence community grows quite interested in this rising tide of anti-Americanism, calling it a threat unto itself. In the past year, I've had conversations with various agencies on this subject, and here's what I submitted for their consideration:
There's no question that anti-Americanism increased dramatically worldwide in the past half-decade, in part because of our muscular response to 9/11. It's also true that, since the Cold War's end, has significantly curtailed its ``public diplomacy’’ efforts to win hearts and minds overseas.
As political leaders and terrorism experts increasingly call for ``strategic communications’’ in the long war against radical extremism, our intelligence community grows quite interested in this rising tide of anti-Americanism, calling it a threat unto itself. In the past year, I've had conversations with various agencies on this subject, and here's what I submitted for their consideration:
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threat in itself, by itself threat - even if taken alone, separately
- threat in itself, by itself threat - even if taken alone, separately
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threat in itself, by itself
threat - even if taken alone, separately
threat - even if taken alone, separately
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Thanks!
Your answer led me to think that the "it' here , might refer to 'anti-Americanism".
Could you consider this point of view?
Your answer led me to think that the "it' here , might refer to 'anti-Americanism".
Could you consider this point of view?
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