Nwhich sentence is a homophone used correctly? a. i would not want to be there mother. b. he could not break quickly enough to avoid the accident. c. he replaced the brake lining. d. wherever you go, their you are.

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to persuade readers that a conquering prince must destroy a former republic if he hopes to hold it.

in the excerpt from "the prince," the author niccolò machiavelli suggests that to take possession of a city and endure the control over it, it is necessary to destroy it first. otherwise, people who have known freedom will eventually turn against the new rulers and fight back to recover their power.