"looking back on the past with humility, i will not let the lesson learned from the tragedy of war fade with time and firmly maintain the antiwar pledge, dedicated to the construction of japan as a peaceful nation." in this sentence, prime minister koizumi's purpose is to a. rebuild japan's superpower status. b. apologize to the families of the war dead. c. pay tribute to japan's military heroes. d. communicate his commitment to continuing peace.

The answer should be D. We see here he talks about peace through his speech.

Here I will highlight where he mentions his commitment.

"Looking back on the past with humility, I will not let the lesson learned from the tragedy of war fade with time and firmly maintain the antiwar pledge, dedicated to the construction of Japan as a peaceful nation."  

A. rebuild Japan's superpower status.  No. There is no mention of rebuilding it to become a superpower.

B. apologize to the families of the war dead. No.  There is no apology here, just the promise of a peaceful future.

C. pay tribute to Japan's military heroes.  No. There is no heart warming speech or tribute payed to the military heroes of Japan.

I hope I have helped! :)

The antecedent of a pronoun is basically the noun that a pronoun replaces, AKA the noun that the pronoun refers to.  It should be somewhere before the pronoun in the sentence.  In the sentence "Strikers will return to work when the union representative has completed their name negotiation," the pronoun is "their."  Whose name negotiation is being completed?  The strikers.  This could read, "Strikers will return to work when the union representative has completed THE STRIKERS' name negotiation."  That works!  So, the pronoun "their" refers to the strikers.

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