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Minhuoc  +  222931 Sat, 06 May 06 07:31 AM
"It is unreasonable to regard any language as the possession of a particular nation, and with no language is it more unreasonable than with English."

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Mister Micawber  +  222943 Sat, 06 May 06 09:32 AM

Sounds OK to me.  What's your question, Minhuoc?

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Anonymous, 3 yr 205 days ago
Oh, I don't understand the sentence underlined. Sorry.
Minhuoc, 3 yr 205 days ago

Oh, sorry. I don't understand the sentence underlined.

Thanks.

nona the brit  +  222982 Sat, 06 May 06 12:08 PM

Tthe language it is most unreasonable to think of as belonging to only one nation, is English.

We are unreasonable if we do not think of English as belonging to many nations.

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MrPedantic  +  223039 Sat, 06 May 06 02:24 PM

It's an interesting structure. I suppose "with" means "in the case of", in such examples.

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Lieutenant  +  223067 Sat, 06 May 06 03:49 PM

 Minhuoc wrote:
"It is unreasonable to regard any language as the possession of a particular nation, and with no language is it more unreasonable than with English."

Thanks.

Grammatically flawless........ semantically superb.

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