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OttoJ Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Hold responsible

eg Residents here are free to graze the farm's animals; if the animals are lost, we will not ___ their responsibility.

What should I put in? The meaning is we will let them go, not pursuing charges against them. But LET GO is not good English; HOLD RESPONSIBLE means something different.

Thank you.
  

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Residents here are free to let their farm animals graze, but if they escape, we will not be responsible for recovering them. Residents here are free to let their farm animals graze, but if the they are lost or injured, we will not be held responsible.

  • Residents here are free to let their farm animals graze, but if they escape, we will not be responsible for recovering them.
  • Residents here are free to let their farm animals graze, but if the they are lost or injured, we will not be held responsible.
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Residents here are free to let their farm animals graze, but if they escape, we will not be responsible for recovering them.
Residents here are free to let their farm animals graze, but if the they are lost or injured, we will not be held responsible.
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Thank you. But we own the farm; we allow them to graze our animals; if the animals get lost, we will not do investigations to determine who are those responsible.

What's the succinct way of say this?:

-We will not __ them.

('hold responsible' is not the same thing. When we know someone is the culprit, we accuse him. This is holding him responsible. But determining and in
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OttoJWe will not __ them.
There is no succinct way.
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Perhaps something like:

Residents here are free to graze (= to put cattle, sheep, etc., to feed on grass, pastureland, etc.) their animals on the farm, but if the animals are lost, we will not investigate the cause or pursue the perpetrators.
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OttoJWhat's the succinct way of say this?:
We will not prosecute you.

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