Related to post 218, instead of going through the reasons mentioned there explaining why "the best security of a free state" was changed, here is an argument that is simpler at least when trying to apply it on alternatives like "the best security to a free state" or "the security to a free state". We have a problem here, but it is with a very innocent looking thing. It is with the word "the". On one hand, you cant use phrases like those above without it because that would make them applicable forever. One the other hand when it is present, it allows "free state" to be seen as qualifying or modifying the word "security" to a different meaning than the one wanted here.
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The above is wrong. Instead, the simpler argument that can be used on all the above examples and also those without the word "the" seems to be that when that part gets started with a noun, it is not clear whether "free state" is describing or constructing it.
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The above is wrong. Instead, the simpler argument that can be used on all the above examples and also those without the word "the" seems to be that when that part gets started with a noun, it is not clear whether "free state" is describing or constructing it.
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