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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

a lot of issues remained to be settled

After the war, a lot of issues remained to be settled.

Hi,

Does "issues" in the above stand-alone example refer to "problems" or "important subjects to be discussed?" Thanks.
  

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It could be either or both. Without much more context, you cannot be absolute about it.

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It could be either or both. Without much more context, you cannot be absolute about it.
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Feebs11It could be either or both. Without much more context, you cannot be absolute about it.
Thanks, Feebs.

Got it.