Tinanam0102 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Who / as / would claim
Hi teachers,
The U.S. president, William Mckinley, who had seen the dead stacked up at Antietam as a Civil War soldier, tried to resist the rush to battle. But he was swept aside by hawks like Roosevelt and William Randolph Hearst, the newspaper publisher who would claim, with some exaggeration, that he personally caused the Spanish-American War with his sensationalist crusading.
1. Does "who" refer to William Mckinley?
2. Was it the soldier who tried to resist rush to battle?
3. Why is it "who would claim" here? Can it be "who claimed"?
Thank you.
Tinanam
The U.S. president, William Mckinley, who had seen the dead stacked up at Antietam as a Civil War soldier, tried to resist the rush to battle. But he was swept aside by hawks like Roosevelt and William Randolph Hearst, the newspaper publisher who would claim, with some exaggeration, that he personally caused the Spanish-American War with his sensationalist crusading.
1. Does "who" refer to William Mckinley?
2. Was it the soldier who tried to resist rush to battle?
3. Why is it "who would claim" here? Can it be "who claimed"?
Thank you.
Tinanam
Top answer
1. -- Yes. 2.
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1. Does "who" refer to William Mckinley?-- Yes.
2. Was it the soldier who tried to resist rush to battle?-- No. McKinley.
3. Why is it "who would claim" here?-- Future in the past: Hearst made the claim after he did the sweeping aside.
Can it be "who claimed"?-- Not if the writer wishes to keep the order of events clear.
2. Was it the soldier who tried to resist rush to battle?-- No. McKinley.
3. Why is it "who would claim" here?-- Future in the past: Hearst made the claim after he did the sweeping aside.
Can it be "who claimed"?-- Not if the writer wishes to keep the order of events clear.
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