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Jeff_999 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

An sentence completion question

0 "In failing to see that the justice's pronouncement merely 01i00__ previous decisions rather than actually establishing a precedent, the novice law clerk __02i00 the scope of the justice's judgment. 02br
00A. synthesized...limited 02br
00B. overturned...misunderstood 02br
00C. endorsed...nullified 02br
00D. qualified...overemphasized 02br
00E. recapitulated...defined" 02br
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00I was caught up with the first blank: "the justice's pronouncement merely ___ previous decisions rather than actually establishing a precedent" 02br
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00What contrasts with establishing a precedent? 0-
  

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0 Hello Jeff 02br 02br 00Try looking at it this way: to 'establish a precedent', you have to 'create something new'. 02br 02br 00So the justice's pronouncement has 01i 00done something02i 00 to 'previous decisions', but it hasn't 'created something new'. ' 02br 02br 00Does that help?

— MrPedantic

  • 0 Hello Jeff 02br 02br 00Try looking at it this way: to 'establish a precedent', you have to 'create something new'.
  • 02br 02br 00So the justice's pronouncement has 01i 00done something02i 00 to 'previous decisions', but it hasn't 'created something new'.
  • ' 02br 02br 00Does that help?
  • 02br 02br 00MrP 0-
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0 Hello Jeff 02br
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00Try looking at it this way: to 'establish a precedent', you have to 'create something new'. 02br
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00So the justice's pronouncement has 01i00done something02i00 to 'previous decisions', but it hasn't 'created something new'. 02br
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00A parallel: 02br
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0 Sure it helps!!! 02br
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00Thank you. 050010id5
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0 so is the answe C? 02br
00endorsed.......nullified 0-
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0 Not quite, joeviee – 'nullify' doesn't really work with 'scope'. 02br
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00Try again? 02br
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00MrP 0-
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0It must be "A" then....hope i'm right this time.....050010id1
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0 It’s D, joeviee. Rather than establishing a precedent, the justice just qualified previous decisions. 02br
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00Anyway “synthesized previous decisions” makes no sense to me. And the sentence “the clerk 01i00 limited 02i00 the scope of the justice’s judgment” would not work, since the justice didn’t actually establish a precedent. 0-
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0 Uh-oh. I had chosen B. 02br
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00Back to school for me... 02br
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00MrP 0-
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5000 *My eyes are popping out *02br
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00You're kidding, ain't you? First I don't think it's okay to say "misunderstand the scope of the justice's judgment. 010id8
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0 Even worse, Jeff: 'merely overturned'. 02br
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00??? 02br
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00Ah well, win some, lose some... 02br
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00MrP 0-
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0 I say it's B. Why isn't it B? These exercises are ridiculous! 0-
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