e effective the quotation must be apt and well chosen as this one is.Р3. America’s history . . . proper noun: Everything about America, whether in the past or at present, is quite different from those of other countries. Her history, her ambitions, her victories and defeats and her position in munity of nations are extraordinary and unparalleled. This difference, this uniqueness is deep, subtle and hard to get rid of. For this reason it is hard to define what the proper noun “America” stands for. People go on giving new and different interpretations to this word.Р peculiar: distinctive; uniqueР profound: deep and bard to graspР stubborn: hard to get nd of; not responding to treatmentР extremely controversial propar noun: People give very different definitions or interpretations of the word
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