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Navitasan Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
As regards
Are these sentences correct:
1) The court applied the law as regards John's misdemeanor.
2) The court applied the law regarding John's misdemeanor.
3) The court applied the law concerning John's misdemeanor.
4) The court applied the law with regards to John's misdemeanor.
Meaning:
The court applied the law in the case of John's misdemeanor.
Gratefully,
Navi.
1) The court applied the law as regards John's misdemeanor.
2) The court applied the law regarding John's misdemeanor.
3) The court applied the law concerning John's misdemeanor.
4) The court applied the law with regards to John's misdemeanor.
Meaning:
The court applied the law in the case of John's misdemeanor.
Gratefully,
Navi.
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You may be interested in this comment from Random House Unabridged Dictionary: —Usage. Although sometimes considered poor substitutes for about or concerning, the phrases AS REGARDS, IN REGARD TO, and WITH REGARD TO are standard and occur in all varieties of spoken and written English, especially in business writing: As regards your letter of January 19 . … IN REGARD S TO, and WITH REGARD S TO are widely rejected as errors.
- You may be interested in this comment from Random House Unabridged Dictionary: —Usage.
- Although sometimes considered poor substitutes for about or concerning, the phrases AS REGARDS, IN REGARD TO, and WITH REGARD TO are standard and occur in all varieties of spoken and written English, especially in business writing: As regards your letter of January 19 .
- … IN REGARD S TO, and WITH REGARD S TO are widely rejected as errors.
- CB
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You may be interested in this comment from Random House Unabridged Dictionary:
—Usage. Although sometimes considered poor substitutes for about or concerning, the phrases AS REGARDS, IN REGARD TO, and WITH REGARD TO are standard and occur in all varieties of spoken and written English, especially in business writing: As regards your letter of January 19 . … IN
—Usage. Although sometimes considered poor substitutes for about or concerning, the phrases AS REGARDS, IN REGARD TO, and WITH REGARD TO are standard and occur in all varieties of spoken and written English, especially in business writing: As regards your letter of January 19 . … IN
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Thank you Cool Breeze.
My problem is that we can't say:
A) The court applied the law ABOUT John's misdemeanor.
Or at least I don't think we can. So the other ones might be problematic as well.
Gratefull
My problem is that we can't say:
A) The court applied the law ABOUT John's misdemeanor.
Or at least I don't think we can. So the other ones might be problematic as well.
Gratefull
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