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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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What was meant in this sentence?
"You know, every time we take rebels, whether it’s in Iraq or anywhere else, we’re arming people. And you know what happens? They end up being worse than the people.”
What does the definite article imply here?
What does the definite article imply here?
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' As it stands, it doesn't really make sense. THE people suggests that a group of people has been discussed and is now being referred to; in reality, it has not. Otherwise, 'the people' usually means the general population of a country but this doesn't seem to apply here.
- ' As it stands, it doesn't really make sense.
- THE people suggests that a group of people has been discussed and is now being referred to; in reality, it has not.
- Otherwise, 'the people' usually means the general population of a country but this doesn't seem to apply here.
- I feel there is a missing phrase which would tell us which people are being compared.
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'...worse than the people [who...].'
As it stands, it doesn't really make sense. THE people suggests that a group of people has been discussed and is now being referred to; in reality, it has not. Otherwise, 'the people' usually means the general population of a country but this doesn't seem to apply here. I feel there is a missing phrase which would tell us which people are being compare
As it stands, it doesn't really make sense. THE people suggests that a group of people has been discussed and is now being referred to; in reality, it has not. Otherwise, 'the people' usually means the general population of a country but this doesn't seem to apply here. I feel there is a missing phrase which would tell us which people are being compare
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