The two phrases in the excerpt that support the claim that Paine believed the human cost of the colonists' armed struggle against the British was well worth the outcome are:
"....when nothing but hope and virtue could survive , that the city and the country , alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet and repulse it.." Paine told his people that in spite of the dangerous enemy, the armed colonists were ready to fight.
" Say not that thousands are gone, turn out your tens of thousands.." Paine asked his people not to feel sorrow for the dead but to be proud for the number of people who had fought against the British.
Answer:
To sum up the general rules on pronouns that refer to groups: Collective nouns performing one action as a unit take singular verbs and pair with singular pronouns. Possessive pronouns referring to collective nouns are singular if the item possessed belongs to the entire group.
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