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How to use 'by way of'? For instance, can we say: The crowd stoned the adulterer by way of penalty. What does it mean?
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Hi, How to use 'by way of'? For instance, can we say: The crowd stoned the adulterer by way of penalty. What does it mean?
- Hi, How to use 'by way of'?
- For instance, can we say: The crowd stoned the adulterer by way of penalty.
- What does it mean?
- as a form of penalty, as a kind of penalty The phrase suggests to some extent that stoning is not the normal penalty.
- Clive
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Hi,
How to use 'by way of'? For instance, can we say: The crowd stoned the adulterer by way of penalty. What does it mean?
as a form of penalty, as a kind of penalty
The phrase suggests to some extent that stoning is not the normal penalty.
Clive
How to use 'by way of'? For instance, can we say: The crowd stoned the adulterer by way of penalty. What does it mean?
as a form of penalty, as a kind of penalty
The phrase suggests to some extent that stoning is not the normal penalty.
Clive
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