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Peaceblinkfriend Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

"...has come to be..."

The jury system has come to be an integral part of our criminal justice framwork.


I was just wondering does 'has come to be' mean 'has developed into' in this context? If so, should I have phrased it differently?

Thank you

PBF
  

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Peaceblinkfriend The jury system has come to be an integral part of our criminal justice framwork. I was just wondering does 'has come to be' mean 'has developed into' in this context? Yes.

— CalifJim

  • Peaceblinkfriend The jury system has come to be an integral part of our criminal justice framwork.
  • I was just wondering does 'has come to be' mean 'has developed into' in this context?
  • Yes.
  • No.
  • has come to be = has become It's fine as is.
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PeaceblinkfriendThe jury system has come to be an integral part of our criminal justice framwork.

I was just wondering does 'has come to be' mean 'has developed into' in this context? If so, should I have phrased it differently?Yes. No.
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Sounds to me pretty much like "to become".

I looked it up in online dictionaries, and the definition of "to become" in some of them does say "to come to be".
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Thanks for your replies. Emotion: smile

CalifJim. If I wanted to emphasize that it took time for the jury system to become an integral pa
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Peaceblinkfriend If I wanted to emphasize that it took time for the jury system to become an integral part of the criminal justice framework, would the original sentence imply this point?
No. Things can become other things quickly or slowly. Nothing about "came to be" implies fast or slow or over a long time or over a short time.
CJ
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