Question regarding the word usage account/context. Are they correct?

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michael281001

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1) The country distorted their context/account of history to whitewash their wrongdoing in the past.
2) What is being taught to them at school is inaccurate account of their history.
 

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1) The country distorted its [STRIKE]context/[/STRIKE]account of history to whitewash its leaders' wrongdoing in the past.

2) What is being taught to children at school is an inaccurate account of their history.

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By adding "leaders", you're changing the meaning of the sentence significantly. ^^
 

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It's not raining.
 
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