Hi,
For Wales, a humanitarian vision has always been the driving force behind Wikipedia. The goal, he says, is to create a world in which “every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge”. If he had it his way, people in the furthest, most destitute corners of the world would all have a mobile phone preloaded with Wikipedia at no data charge.
(This comes from telegraph.co.uk Jimmy Wales: I don't regret not monetising Wikipedia by Eleanor Steafel on 15 Jan 2016.)
1. Does "it" refer to "the goal"; and "had it his way" mean "had what he wanted", and here mean "achieve his goal"?
2. Does the blue part suggest "he would buy mobile phone for those people in order to achieve his goal"? I don't understand the relations of the main clause and subclause.
Thanks in advance!
For Wales, a humanitarian vision has always been the driving force behind Wikipedia. The goal, he says, is to create a world in which “every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge”. If he had it his way, people in the furthest, most destitute corners of the world would all have a mobile phone preloaded with Wikipedia at no data charge.
(This comes from telegraph.co.uk Jimmy Wales: I don't regret not monetising Wikipedia by Eleanor Steafel on 15 Jan 2016.)
1. Does "it" refer to "the goal"; and "had it his way" mean "had what he wanted", and here mean "achieve his goal"?
2. Does the blue part suggest "he would buy mobile phone for those people in order to achieve his goal"? I don't understand the relations of the main clause and subclause.
Thanks in advance!