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Tung Quoc  +  287708 Tue, 31 Oct 06 04:11 AM
Britain is a nation of unwitting capitalists who have not woken up to their power to change business for the better, writes Heather Stewart.

1/ What is the exact meaning of capitalist here?

2/ Britain =Great Britain = United Kingdom? If not, what is the difference btw them?

3/ Is there the before Britain?Why?

  Is there the before Great Britain?Why?

 Is there the before United Kingdom?Why?

4/ Is change here a noun?If not, what is the nature of change?(verb or noun?)

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Marius Hancu  +  287721 Tue, 31 Oct 06 04:42 AM
1) Nothing special, look up in your dictionaries:
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/capitalist

2, 3) Read Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain

4) Now, it's  a verb.

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Tung Quoc, 3 yr 22 days ago

Thanks

My last question: Great Britain = Britain?

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Marius Hancu  +  287745 Tue, 31 Oct 06 05:37 AM
 Tung Quoc wrote:

Thanks

My last question: Great Britain = Britain?

Yes. See in  the link I gave you:

Usage of the term Great Britain
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