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learner12
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 Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 6:07 pm Post subject: government |
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Hello, teachers!!
The views held respecting governments in general, of what ever form, are now widely different from those once held.
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Why did the writer use "governments" instead of "government"?
Would you explain it to me?
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Mister Micawber
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He is speaking of different kinds of governments-- democracies, oligarchies, dictatorships, monarchies, etc.
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