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Originally Posted by maramaras
Is to account a synonym of to consider?
In the next sentence: The traditional account of the death of Moctezuma is that having been taken a willing hostage by Hernán Cortés and the conquistadors, he was killed by his own outraged people, could I say that Moctezuma was accounted(or considered) by have been killed by his own outraged people.
Another question: Is account for a synonym for to explicate, so might I say: The consideration of Moctezuma as a traitor accounts for his killing by his own people.
Well, I suppose there will be a lot of mistakes. Please, correct me!!!  |
You can say:
Moctezuma was considered
to have been...
You can
not say:
Moctezuma was
accounted by...
to account for = to explain
account = story, explanation (noun)
explicate: to give a detailed explanation of, to develop the implications of, analyze logically
(I had to look this one up. I don't ever remember hearing this word! (I'm a native English speaker.)
Apparently "explication" is also a word, but if I were you I'd stick to explain/explanation.