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Contraposition Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

certain

What does 'certain' here mean?

...they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights...
  

Top answer

Hi, I take it to mean specific rights which will be specified later. Note that the sentence continues with 'among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness '. Here's a simpler example.

— Clive

  • Hi, I take it to mean specific rights which will be specified later.
  • Note that the sentence continues with 'among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness '.
  • Here's a simpler example.
  • Tom: How's your new job?
  • Mary: Well.
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Hi,

I take it to mean specific rights which will be specified later. Note that the sentence continues with 'among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness
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Thanks for answer.

By the way, is 'all men are created equal' grammatical in current English?
In contemporary English, equal or equally?
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contrapositionBy the way, is 'all men are created equal' grammatical in current English?In contemporary English, equal or equally?
It is fine even today. It's just like "babies are born innocent".
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