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Vincent Ding Posted 21 years ago
Legal Studies
Defend
0 to defend or to make a defense i presume is to make an argument against the opponent's allegation. but do you think it can be used in such way as shown below: 02 br
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00 the defendant defended that he's never been to the victims house on that evening so he shall not be suspected. 02 br
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00 i searched on the net only to find that mainly Chinese websites employ the word in this way (it corresponds to the Chinese word for word translation.) so i wonder whether it is a bad expression or how a native speaker may say. 0-
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00 the defendant defended that he's never been to the victims house on that evening so he shall not be suspected. 02 br
02 br
00 i searched on the net only to find that mainly Chinese websites employ the word in this way (it corresponds to the Chinese word for word translation.) so i wonder whether it is a bad expression or how a native speaker may say. 0-
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0 Hi again, 02 br 00 "The defendant defended" doesn't sound right at all. What's more, defend calls for a noun (defend somebody, defend the freedom of speech etc). ".
- 0 Hi again, 02 br 00 "The defendant defended" doesn't sound right at all.
- What's more, defend calls for a noun (defend somebody, defend the freedom of speech etc).
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0 Hi again, 02 br
00 "The defendant defended" doesn't sound right at all. What's more, defend calls for a noun (defend somebody, defend the freedom of speech etc). The right thing to say is "the defendant maintained/claimed that...". 0-
00 "The defendant defended" doesn't sound right at all. What's more, defend calls for a noun (defend somebody, defend the freedom of speech etc). The right thing to say is "the defendant maintained/claimed that...". 0-
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