"Granted that the firm has not broken the law, is the law what it should be?"
"Granted that the firm has not broken the law, is the law what it should be?"
Q1. I can't exactly figure out this sentence? Would you paraphrase it for me?
Q2. Shouldn't "is" be changed into "isn't" to make sense more naturally?
Top answer
The writer is conceding that the firm has not broken the law, but is asking, given this, whether the law is adequate. " wouldn't be right here. It implies a suggestion/belief that the law might be what it should be, which is not what the writer wishes to imply.
- The writer is conceding that the firm has not broken the law, but is asking, given this, whether the law is adequate.
- " wouldn't be right here.
- It implies a suggestion/belief that the law might be what it should be, which is not what the writer wishes to imply.
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The writer is conceding that the firm has not broken the law, but is asking, given this, whether the law is adequate.
"isn't the law what it should be?" wouldn't be right here. It implies a suggestion/belief that the law might be what it should be, which is not what the writer wishes to imply.
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