sayantanc2k wrote:
debbiem wrote:
IMO (D)
Ruled as a colony is a better form than was a colony. Colony can also be a settlement/township..so ambiguity would be there with just colony.
Ruled as a colony is a better form than was a colony. Colony can also be a settlement/township..so ambiguity would be there with just colony.
Hidebbiem ,
I would say, using "rule" and "colony" together is in a way redudancy. When X rules Y, Y is a colony of X. One does not need to say rule as a colony This usage is awkward.
The usageY is a colony of X is quite common, and does not seem to make the sense ambiguous.
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