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Davefromthefreeway Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

conspiracy

0 00Is it all right to say, ' ...thoughts of conspiracy between John and Mike,'02br
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0 I think that's okay. A conspiracy, by definition, requires more than one person to be a part of it, so you wouldn't think that John by himself is plotting against Mike. 0-

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  • 0 I think that's okay.
  • A conspiracy, by definition, requires more than one person to be a part of it, so you wouldn't think that John by himself is plotting against Mike.
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0 I think that's okay. A conspiracy, by definition, requires more than one person to be a part of it, so you wouldn't think that John by himself is plotting against Mike. 0-
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0 No it is not ok to conspire against other people.0-
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0I don't think we're talking about right and wrong in terms of morals, here, Anon, but in terms of grammar. Yes, grammatically, you can certainly conspire against people.0-
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0>No it is not ok to conspire against other people.02br
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00 It is perfectly OK, if the other people are bad people (by one moral set of standards or another). Say, Stauffenberg conspiring against Hitler. 02br
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00 Otherwise, dictatorial regimes would never end. 0-
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0 00If referring to divine law then it’s completely02br
00ethical to conspire against bad people but by human law it is ‘illegal’…00 0-
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0Folks, let's remember this is a grammar forum.02br
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00People can conspire to plan a surprise birthday party. People can conspire to get two friends together on a blind date. It doesn't have to be evil and it doesn't have to be illegal. Now, if someone has another grammar question, let's ask it... otherwise, let's confine philosophical discussions to "Topic of the Moment
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