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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

'certain of the rules'

I'm having a hard time understanding the phrasing 'Certain of the rules'.

So I googled it. There I found the following sentences:

  • By certain of the Rules as we have seen they are a special fund applicable in priority to certain kinds of debts.

  • But English is descended from an ancestral German dialect, not from Latin, and certain of the rules based on Latin grammar simply do not fit the structure of English.

  • I may mention that certain of the rules which we have laid before the Privy Council
But I'm still struggling to understand its meaning or how to use it. Please help.
  

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Certain of the rules = some of the rules

— Mister Micawber

  • Certain of the rules = some of the rules
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Certain of the rules = some of the rules
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Mister MicawberCertain of the rules = some of the rules
Ah, right. Thanks, I also just found the meaning in a dictionary. Says it's reserved for formal writing. I think I might just stick with 'some.'
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