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MUSCOVITE Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Cant understand this sentense
Hi,
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Paying a bit of attention to the facts and to the law one does not see to pound on the table, as it seems to be a fashion these days among countless bloggers and magazine editors.
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Cant understant this sentense ... more specifically, I am having difficulty translating the portion marked brown.
Although there is an entry "not see to do something" [*] in my longman ....and a sample sentense with [*]..... I still cannot figure out what this expression means...
If you could help?
Mus-te
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Paying a bit of attention to the facts and to the law one does not see to pound on the table, as it seems to be a fashion these days among countless bloggers and magazine editors.
<-unquote
Cant understant this sentense ... more specifically, I am having difficulty translating the portion marked brown.
Although there is an entry "not see to do something" [*] in my longman ....and a sample sentense with [*]..... I still cannot figure out what this expression means...
If you could help?
Mus-te
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Not to worry, Mus-te. I have no idea of what the author is trying to say either. The sentence makes little sense.
- Not to worry, Mus-te.
- I have no idea of what the author is trying to say either.
- The sentence makes little sense.
- That said, there is an explanation for "pounding on the table".
- It is considered a rather rude and crude way to register discontent with what is being said, written or taking place.
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Not to worry, Mus-te. I have no idea of what the author is trying to say either. The sentence makes little sense.
That said, there is an explanation for "pounding on the table". It is considered a rather rude and crude way to register discontent with what is being said, written or taking place. Scenes of prisoners pounding on cafeteria tables to complain about the quality of food being se
That said, there is an explanation for "pounding on the table". It is considered a rather rude and crude way to register discontent with what is being said, written or taking place. Scenes of prisoners pounding on cafeteria tables to complain about the quality of food being se
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I don't know if I understand well but it seems: if you have the law and the facts with you, you don't have to recourse "to pound the table". Its seems that bloggers and magazine do, that's why they pound the table. I'm not sure.
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Thank you very much, John!
From now on, I should sign my posts as "typo-prone Mus-te" :-)
Btw, did you mean an episode with Nikita Khruschov pounding his shoe on the table at the UN General Assembly? :-)
Ok. Seriously ..there is one unclear point left. It is about the construct "not see to do something".
Below are two sentenses that I'd like you to comment on (ple
From now on, I should sign my posts as "typo-prone Mus-te" :-)
Btw, did you mean an episode with Nikita Khruschov pounding his shoe on the table at the UN General Assembly? :-)
Ok. Seriously ..there is one unclear point left. It is about the construct "not see to do something".
Below are two sentenses that I'd like you to comment on (ple
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oh...was that his name? 
About the construct "not see to do something".
Well, it certainly exists, but I have nev
About the construct "not see to do something".
Well, it certainly exists, but I have nev
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I found this. this may be a help.
"Lawyers have an old saying — when you don't have the law on your side, pound on the facts; when you don't have the facts on your side, pound on the law; and when you don't have either, pound on the table."
"Lawyers have an old saying — when you don't have the law on your side, pound on the facts; when you don't have the facts on your side, pound on the law; and when you don't have either, pound on the table."
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