Make the case?

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pdh0224
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Make the case?

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Dear teacher,

Few make the case that the highway police need a Lamborghini. But in a nation crazed with car racing - where Ferrari, the legendary Italian car company, recently opened a clothing store in Rome, and where engine revving at normal stoplights can feel like the start of an urban rally - few would say they do not need one either. Certainly not the police.

Q : I think the bold sentence means there are few people who think the highway police need to have Lamborghini, doesn't it?


Q2 : "few would say they do not need one either. Certainly not the police." means there are also few people in a nation crazed with car racing, who think the highway police need a Lamborghini , But the police in the region consider they need a Lamborghini. What do you think?


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1. Yes.
2. = few people, including the police themselves , deny that they need one.
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