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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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allegation vs accusation
0 A soldier accused of sexually assaulting a minor was released when the girl withdrew her allegation/accusation. 02 br
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00 Is there any difference between allegation and accusation? The news article used allegation but I've seen accusation used in similar cases. 02 br
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00 Is there any difference between allegation and accusation? The news article used allegation but I've seen accusation used in similar cases. 02 br
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0 To allege that someone has done something is 00 to state that someone has done something illegal or wrong 01 b 00 without giving proof 02 b 02 br 00 To accuse someone is 00 to say that someone has done something morally wrong, illegal or unkind 02 br 00 So it will depend if the girl offered proof of this assault or not. 0-
- 0 To allege that someone has done something is 00 to state that someone has done something illegal or wrong 01 b 00 without giving proof 02 b 02 br 00 To accuse someone is 00 to say that someone has done something morally wrong, illegal or unkind 02 br 00 So it will depend if the girl offered proof of this assault or not.
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0 To allege that someone has done something is 00 to state that someone has done something illegal or wrong 01 b 00 without giving proof 02 b 02 br
00 To accuse someone is 00 to say that someone has done something morally wrong, illegal or unkind 02 br
00 So it will depend if the girl offered proof of this assault or not. If she did not, then it is an allegat
00 To accuse someone is 00 to say that someone has done something morally wrong, illegal or unkind 02 br
00 So it will depend if the girl offered proof of this assault or not. If she did not, then it is an allegat
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0 Based on your definitions, they are different and the distinguishing criteria is the availability of proof. 02 br
00 If so, I believe they should not be used interchangably or there'll be contradiction. In my example, 02 br
00 since it started off saying the man was accused, indicating the presence of proof, toward the end of the sentence, the appropriate word should be acc
00 If so, I believe they should not be used interchangably or there'll be contradiction. In my example, 02 br
00 since it started off saying the man was accused, indicating the presence of proof, toward the end of the sentence, the appropriate word should be acc
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this is very clear if allegation only suspicion and accusations with some what proofs provided.
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